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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="13A-713" title_number="13A" title_name="Maryland Code of Military Justice" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Trial Procedure">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A military judge or summary court–martial officer may punish for contempt a person who uses any menacing word, sign, or gesture in the judge’s or officer’s presence, or who disturbs the proceedings by riot or disorder.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A person subject to this title may be punished for contempt by confinement not to exceed 30 days or a fine of $100, or both.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A person not subject to this title may be punished by a State court of competent jurisdiction at the request of the military judge.</text>
  </level>
</section>
