O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 38-2-1088 (2019)

Contempt toward officials

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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Any commissioned officer who uses contemptuous words against the President, the Vice President, Congress, the Secretary of Defense, the secretary of a military department, the Secretary of Homeland Security, or the Governor or General Assembly shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

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History

Code 1981, § 38-2-1088, enacted by Ga. L. 2015, p. 753, § 1/HB 98. U.S. Code. - For similar provision in

Uniform Code of Military Justice, see 10 U.S.C. § 888.