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# 10 U.S.C. § 917 - Art. 117. Provoking speeches or gestures

## Text

Any person subject to this chapter who uses provoking or reproachful words or gestures towards any other person subject to this chapter shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 72.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 91750:711.May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1 (Art. 117), 64 Stat. 139.