2025 Session Last amended: 2002 session

§ 192A.39 — Principals

Plain-Language Summary

Makes anyone who commits, aids, or commands a military offense guilty as a principal.

Any person subject to this code who:

(1) commits an offense punishable by this code, or aids, abets, counsels, commands, or procures its commission; or

(2) causes an act to be done which if directly performed by that person would be punishable by this code;

is a principal and shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

History: History: 1963 c 661 s 192A.39; 1986 c 444; 2002 c 308 s 37

Practical Notes

You can be found guilty of a military offense even if you only helped someone else commit it.