Mo. Rev. Stat. § 40.260
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40.260 Advising or soliciting — desertion — mutiny — misbehavior before a hostile ...
Official statutory text
40.260. Advising or soliciting — desertion — mutiny — misbehavior before a hostile force — sedition — offense performed, punishment — not performed, punishment. — 1. Any person subject to sections 40.005 to 40.490 who solicits or advises another or others to desert in violation of section 40.273 or mutiny in violation of section 40.307 shall, if the offense solicited or advised is attempted or committed, be punished with the punishment provided for the commission of the offense, but, if the offense solicited or advised is not committed or attempted, the person shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
2. Any person subject to sections 40.005 to 40.490 who solicits or advises another or others to commit an act of misbehavior before a hostile force in violation of section 40.325 or sedition in violation of section 40.307 shall, if the offense solicited or advised is committed, be punished with the punishment provided for the commission of the offense, but, if the offense solicited or advised is not committed, the person shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
(L. 1984 H.B. 1035 § 83)
2. Any person subject to sections 40.005 to 40.490 who solicits or advises another or others to commit an act of misbehavior before a hostile force in violation of section 40.325 or sedition in violation of section 40.307 shall, if the offense solicited or advised is committed, be punished with the punishment provided for the commission of the offense, but, if the offense solicited or advised is not committed, the person shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
(L. 1984 H.B. 1035 § 83)
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