Any person subject to Chapter 20 NMSA 1978 who solicits or advises another or others to desert in violation of Section 20-12-20 NMSA 1978 or mutiny in violation of Section 20-12-29 NMSA 1978 shall, if the offense solicited or advised is attempted or committed, be punished with the punishment provided for the commission of the offense, but, if the offense solicited or advised is not committed or attempted, he shall be punished as a court-martial may direct. Any person subject to this chapter who solicits or advises another or others to commit an act of misbehavior before the enemy in violation of Section 20-12-34 NMSA 1978 or sedition in violation of Section 20-12-29 NMSA 1978 shall, if the offense solicited or advised is committed, be punished with the punishment provided for the commission of the offense, but, if the offense solicited or advised is not committed, he shall be punished as a court-martial may direct. History: 1978 Comp., § 20-12-17, enacted by Laws 1989, ch. 337, § 16. Effective dates. — Laws 1989, ch. 337 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 16, 1989.
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