(a) A person subject to this title who wrongfully communicates a threat to injure the person, property, or reputation of another shall be punished as a court–martial may direct. (b) A person subject to this title who wrongfully communicates a threat to injure the person or property of another by use of an explosive, a weapon of mass destruction, a biological or chemical agent, substance, or weapon, or a hazardous material shall be punished as a court–martial may direct. (c) (1) In this subsection, 'false threat' means a threat that, at the time the threat is communicated, is known to be false by the person communicating the threat. (2) A person subject to this title who maliciously communicates a false threat concerning injury to the person or property of another by use of an explosive, a weapon of mass destruction, a biological or chemical agent, substance, or weapon, or a hazardous material, shall be punished as a court–martial may direct.
Maryland Legal Code