P.R. Laws tit. 25, § 2769

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§ 2769. Mutiny or sedition

Any person subject to this Code who:

(1) 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) With intent to cause the overthrow or destruction of lawfully constituted civil authority creates, in concert with any other person, revolt, violence, or other disturbance against that authority, is guilty of sedition.

(3) Fails to do his utmost to prevent and suppress a mutiny or sedition which is or is about to be committed in his presence, or fails to take all reasonable means to inform his superior commissioned officer or commanding officer of a 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.

A person who is found guilty of attempted mutiny, mutiny, sedition, or failure to suppress or report a mutiny or sedition shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

History —June 23, 1969, No. 62, p. 117, § 1318, eff. 90 days after June 23, 1969.