37-B M.R.S. § 456
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37-B §456. Military property of United States or State; sale, loss, damage, destruction or wrongful disposition
Official statutory text
Any person subject to this Code must be punished as a court-martial may direct if that person, without proper authority, does any of the following with any military property of the United States or the State: [PL 2001, c. 662, §59 (NEW).]
1. Sells. Sells or otherwise disposes of that military property; [PL 2001, c. 662, §59 (NEW).]
2. Damages or loses. Willfully or through neglect damages, destroys or loses that military property; or [PL 2001, c. 662, §59 (NEW).]
3. Suffers to be lost; sold. Willfully or through neglect suffers that military property to be lost, damaged, destroyed, sold or wrongfully disposed of. [PL 2001, c. 662, §59 (NEW).]
1. Sells. Sells or otherwise disposes of that military property; [PL 2001, c. 662, §59 (NEW).]
2. Damages or loses. Willfully or through neglect damages, destroys or loses that military property; or [PL 2001, c. 662, §59 (NEW).]
3. Suffers to be lost; sold. Willfully or through neglect suffers that military property to be lost, damaged, destroyed, sold or wrongfully disposed of. [PL 2001, c. 662, §59 (NEW).]
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