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urn: urn:us-la:rs:29:186
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breadcrumb: "Title 29 › Chapter 1 › Part II › Subpart J"
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# Article 86. Absence without leave

Any person subject to this code who, without authority:

(1) fails to go to his appointed place of duty at the time prescribed;

(2) goes from that place; or

(3) absents himself or remains absent from his unit, organization, or place of duty at which he is required to be at the time prescribed; shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.