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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="13A-1017" title_number="13A" title_name="Maryland Code of Military Justice" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Punitive Provisions">
  <text>Any warrant officer or enlisted member shall be punished as a court–martial may direct if the warrant officer or enlisted member: </text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>strikes or assaults a warrant officer or noncommissioned officer while that officer is in the execution of the officer’s office;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>willfully disobeys the lawful order of a warrant officer or noncommissioned officer; or</text>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <text>treats with contempt or is disrespectful in language or deportment toward a warrant officer or noncommissioned officer while that officer is in the execution of the officer’s office.</text>
  </level>
</section>
