Section 38-2-536. Captured or abandoned property; trading and looting prohibited

   (a) All persons subject to this article shall secure all public property taken from the enemy for the service of the United States and shall give notice and turn over to the proper authority without delay all captured or abandoned property in their possession, custody, or control.

(b) Any person subject to this article who:

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

   (2) Buys, sells, trades, or in any way deals in or disposes of captured or abandoned property whereby he receives or expects any profit, benefit, or advantage to himself or another directly or indirectly connected with himself; or

   (3) Engages in looting or pillaging

shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

Ga. L. 1955, p. 10, § 60.99.