P.R. Laws tit. 25, § 2774
Any member of the armed forces who before or in the presence of the enemy:
(1) Runs away;
(2) shamefully abandons, surrenders, or delivers up any command, unit, place, or military property which it is his duty to defend;
(3) through disobedience, neglect, or intentional misconduct endangers the safety of any such command, unit, place or military property;
(4) casts away his arms or ammunition;
(5) is guilty of cowardly conduct;
(6) quits his place of duty to plunder or pillage;
(7) causes false alarms in any command, unit, or place under control of the military forces;
(8) willfully fails to do his utmost to encounter, engage, capture, or destroy any enemy troops, combatants, vessels, aircraft, or any other thing, which it is his duty so to encounter, engage, capture, or destroy, or
(9) does not afford all practicable relief and assistance to any troops, combatants, vessels or aircraft belonging to the armed forces of the United States, Puerto Rico, or their allies when engaged in battle,
shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
History —June 23, 1969, No. 62, p. 117, § 1323, eff. 90 days after June 23, 1969.