S.C. Code Ann. § 25-1-2940 – Assaulting or wilfully disobeying superior officer or noncommissioned officer

Any person subject to this code may be punished as a court-martial may direct, if he:

(1) strikes his superior officer or noncommissioned officer or draws or lifts up any weapon or offers any violence against him while he is in the execution of his office;
(2) wilfully disobeys a lawful command of his superior officer or noncommissioned officer.

HISTORY: Former SECTION 25-1-2940 [1950 (46) 1881; 1952 Code SECTION 44-207; 1962 Code SECTION 44-194; 1964 (53) 2241] recodified as SECTION 25-1-2665 by 1984 Act No. 378; New SECTION 25-1-2940 [derived from former SECTION 25-1-2460 (1950 (46) 1881; 1952 Code SECTION 44-155; 1962 Code SECTION 44-154; 1964 (53) 2241)] En by 1984 Act No. 378, SECTION 55; 1985 Act No. 84, SECTION 15; 2001 Act No. 85, SECTION 40.