40.340. Public property, duty to secure when taken from hostile forces --failure to turn over to proper authority--court-martial.

MISSOURI STATUTES AND CODES

40.340. Public property, duty to secure when taken from hostile forces --failure to turn over to proper authority--court-martial.

Public property, duty to secure when taken from hostile forces--failure to turn over to proper authority--court-martial.

40.340. 1. All persons subject to sections 40.005 to 40.490shall secure all public property taken from the hostile force forthe service of the United States, or the state of Missouri, andshall give notice and turn over to the proper authority withoutdelay all captured or abandoned property in their possession,custody, or control.

2. Any person subject to sections 40.005 to 40.490 shall bepunished as a court-martial may direct who:

(1) Fails to carry out the duties prescribed in subsection 1of this section;

(2) Buys, sells, trades, or in any way deals in or disposesof captured or abandoned property, whereby that person receivesor expects any profit, benefit, or advantage to himself oranother directly or indirectly connected with himself; or

(3) Engages in looting or pillaging.