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SECTION 130.90
Mutiny or sedition
Military (MIL) CHAPTER 36, ARTICLE 7, PART 10
§ 130.90. Mutiny or sedition. (a) Any person subject to this code--

(1) who 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) who with intent to cause the overthrow or destruction of lawful
civil authority, creates, in concert with any other person or persons,
revolt, violence, or other disturbance against such authority is guilty
of sedition;

(3) who fails to do his utmost to prevent and suppress an offense of
mutiny or sedition being committed in his presence, or fails to take all
reasonable means to inform his superior or commanding officer of an
offense of 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.

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