Any person subject to sections 40.005 to 40.490 shall be punished as a court-martial may direct who, without authority:
- (1) Fails to go to the person's appointed place of duty at the time prescribed;
- (2) Goes from that place; or
- (3) Absents himself or remains absent from the person's unit, organization, or place of duty at which he is required to be at the time prescribed.
(L. 1984 H.B. 1035 § 87)