(a) General rule.--Except as provided in subsection (b), any person subject to this part who is found drunk on duty, sleeping on his post or who leaves his post before being relieved shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
(b) Sentinel or look-out.--Any sentinel or look-out who is found drunk on duty, sleeping on his post or who leaves his post before being relieved shall be punished, if the offense is committed in time of war, by confinement of not more than five years or by other punishment as a court-martial may direct. If the offense is committed at any other time, the person shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Chapter 60 - Punitive Sections
Section 6002 - Accessory after the fact
Section 6003 - Conviction of lesser included offense
Section 6007 - Fraudulent enlistment, appointment or separation
Section 6008 - Unlawful enlistment, appointment or separation
Section 6010 - Absence without leave
Section 6011 - Missing movement
Section 6012 - Contempt toward officials
Section 6013 - Disrespect toward superior commissioned officer
Section 6014 - Assaulting or willfully disobeying superior commissioned officer
Section 6016 - Failure to obey order or regulation
Section 6017 - Cruelty and maltreatment
Section 6018 - Mutiny or sedition
Section 6019 - Resistance, flight, breach of arrest and escape
Section 6020 - Releasing prisoner without proper authority
Section 6021 - Unlawful detention of another
Section 6022 - Noncompliance with procedural rules
Section 6023 - Misbehavior before enemy
Section 6024 - Subordinate compelling surrender
Section 6025 - Improper use of countersign
Section 6026 - Forcing a safeguard
Section 6027 - Captured or abandoned property
Section 6028 - Aiding the enemy
Section 6029 - Misconduct of prisoner
Section 6030 - False official statements
Section 6031 - Loss, damage, destruction or wrongful disposition of military property
Section 6032 - Waste, spoilage or destruction of nonmilitary property
Section 6033 - Improper hazarding of vessel
Section 6034 - Drunken or reckless driving
Section 6035 - Drunk on duty, sleeping on post and leaving post before relief
Section 6038 - Riot or breach of peace
Section 6039 - Provoking speeches or gestures
Section 6041 - Frauds against government
Section 6042 - Larceny and wrongful appropriation
Section 6044 - Conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman
Section 6045 - General article
Section 6047 - Purchasing and receiving military property in pawn
Section 6048 - Wrongful use and possession of controlled substances