Ohio Code § 5924.94

Ohio Code § 5924.94. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.

§ 5924.94.

(A)(1) Any person subject to this code who, with intent to usurp or override lawful military

authority, refuses, in concert with any other person, to obey orders or otherwise

do the person's duty or creates any violence or disturbance is guilty of mutiny. (2) Any person subject to this code who, with intent to cause the overthrow or destruction

of lawful civil authority, creates, in concert with any other person, revolt, violence,

or other disturbance against that authority is guilty of sedition. (3) Any person subject to this code who fails to do the person's utmost to prevent and

suppress a mutiny or sedition being committed in the person's presence, or fails to

take all reasonable means to inform the person's superior commissioned officer or

commanding officer of a mutiny or sedition that the person knows or has reason to

believe is taking place, is guilty of a failure to suppress or report a mutiny or

sedition. (B) A person who is found guilty of attempted mutiny, mutiny, sedition, or failure to

suppress or report a mutiny or sedition shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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  • Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 5924.94
  • Jurisdiction: Ohio
  • Code: Ohio Revised Code
  • Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)

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