THE MICHIGAN PENAL CODE (EXCERPT)
Act 328 of 1931 Chapter LXXXIV
TREASON AND SUBVERSION

750.544 Treason; punishment.

Sec. 544.

Any person who shall commit the crime of treason against this state shall be punished by imprisonment in a state prison for life.

No person shall be convicted of treason unless upon the testimony of 2 witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 750.544 ;-- Am. 1963, Act 119, Eff. Sept. 6, 1963
Former Law: See sections 1 and 3 of Ch. 152 of R.S. 1846, being CL 1857, §§ 5708 and 5710; CL 1871, §§ 7507 and 7509; How., §§ 9072 and 9074; CL 1897, §§ 11302 and 11304; CL 1915, §§ 14969 and 14971; and CL 1929, §§ 16556 and 16558.

750.545 Misprision of treason.

Sec. 545.

Misprision of treason—Any person who shall have knowledge of the commission of the crime of treason against this state, and shall conceal the same, and shall not, as soon as may be, disclose and make known such treason to the governor thereof, or to some judge of a court of record within this state, shall be guilty of a felony, and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison not more than 5 years, or by a fine of not more than 2,500 dollars.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 750.545
Former Law: See section 2 of Ch. 152 of R.S. 1846, being CL 1857, § 5709; CL 1871, § 7508; How., § 9073; CL 1897, § 11303; CL 1915, § 14970; and CL 1929, § 16557.

750.545a-750.545d Repealed. 1978, Act 571, Imd. Eff. Jan. 2, 1979.

Compiler's Notes: The repealed sections pertained to subversion against state.

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