Section 130.90. Mutiny or sedition  


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  • (a) Any person subject to this code--
        (1)  who  with  intent  to usurp or override lawful military authority
      refuses, in concert with any other person or persons, to obey orders  or
      otherwise  do  his duty or creates any violence or disturbance is guilty
      of mutiny;
        (2) who with intent to cause the overthrow or  destruction  of  lawful
      civil  authority,  creates, in concert with any other person or persons,
      revolt, violence, or other disturbance against such authority is  guilty
      of sedition;
        (3)  who  fails to do his utmost to prevent and suppress an offense of
      mutiny or sedition being committed in his presence, or fails to take all
      reasonable means to inform his superior  or  commanding  officer  of  an
      offense of mutiny or sedition which he knows or has reason to believe is
      taking  place,  is guilty of a failure to suppress or report a mutiny or
      sedition.
        (b) A person who is found guilty of  attempted  mutiny,  sedition,  or
      failure  to suppress or report a mutiny or sedition shall be punished as
      a court-martial may direct.