Federal · Title 10 — Armed Forces

10 U.S.C. § 912: Art. 112. Drunkenness and other incapacitation offenses

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

Military personnel subject to court-martial jurisdiction who are drunk on duty, incapacitated by alcohol or drugs, or drunk while imprisoned may be punished as a court-martial determines.

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Any person subject to this chapter who is drunk on duty shall be punished as a court-martial may direct. Any person subject to this chapter who, as a result of indulgence in any alcoholic beverage or any drug, is incapacitated for the proper performance of duty shall be punished as a court-martial may direct. Any person subject to this chapter who is a prisoner and, while in such status, is drunk shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

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