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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="13A-1014" title_number="13A" title_name="Maryland Code of Military Justice" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Punitive Provisions">
  <text>A commissioned officer shall be punished as a court–martial may direct if the officer uses contemptuous words against:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>the President;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>the Vice President;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <text>Congress;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="4">
    <text>the Secretary of Defense;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="5">
    <text>the secretary of a military department;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="6">
    <text>the Secretary of Homeland Security;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="7">
    <text>the Governor; or</text>
  </level>
  <level label="8">
    <text>the General Assembly.</text>
  </level>
</section>
