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§ 20-12-36 NMSA 1978

Improper use of countersign

1978 Comp., § 20-12-36, enacted by Laws 1989, ch. 337, § 35.

Any person subject to Chapter 20 NMSA 1978 who in time of war discloses the parole or countersign to any person not entitled to receive it or who gives to another who is entitled to receive and use the parole or countersign a different parole or countersign from that which, to his knowledge, he was authorized and required to give shall be punished by death or other punishment as a court-martial may direct.

Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.