Criminal Code of the Armed Forces Article 17

A person who commits an offence specified in one of the following circumstances shall be punished with death or imprisonment for life:1. Giving the military facilities or the materials for military use to an enemy in paragraph Ⅰof Article 58 or paragraph Ⅰof Article 59.;2. Committing an act of espionage for an enemy or rendering aid to an enemy?s spy;3. Semaphoring or, sending or transmitting telecommunication to an enemy;4. Rendering aids to an enemy to invade a military post, an airport, a naval base, or any other military places or structures; or to guide an enemy or to indicate the geographical features for an enemy;5. Committing an act with violence, threats, or intimidation to a commander or a senior officer to surrender to an enemy;6. Seizing or letting go the captured vessels, aircrafts, or captives for an enemy.An attempt to commit an offence specified in the preceding paragraph is punishable.A person who prepares or conspires to commit an offence specified in paragraph Ⅰshall be punished with imprisonment for not less than one year and not more than seven years; if the offence committed in the three preceding paragraphs was slight, the punishment may be reduced.