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The 193rd General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
  1. General Laws
  2. Part I ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
  3. Title V MILITIA
  4. Chapter 33A MASSACHUSETTS CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE
  5. Section 96 Releasing prisoner without proper authority

Section 96

Section 96: Releasing prisoner without proper authority

Article 96. Releasing prisoner without proper authority.

A person subject to this code who, without proper authority, releases a prisoner committed to such person's charge or who through neglect or design suffers any such prisoner to escape shall be punished as a court-martial may direct, whether or not the prisoner was committed in strict compliance with law.