Section 20-12-71 - Provoking speeches or gestures

Any person subject to Chapter 20 NMSA 1978 who uses provoking or reproachful words or gestures toward any other person subject to that chapter shall be punished as a court-martial may direct. History: 1978 Comp., § 20-12-71, enacted by Laws 1989, ch. 337, § 70. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 1989, ch. 337 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 16, 1989.