failing  to  maintain  sufficient  funds  for  payment  of checks upon presentment is a violation. Art. 124. Maiming Any person subject to this chapter who, with  intent  to  injure,  disfigure,  or  disable, inflicts upon the person of another an injury which (1)  seriously disfigures his person by a mutilation thereof; (2)  destroys or disables any member or organ of his body; or (3)  seriously  diminishes  his  physical vigor by the injury of any member or organ; is guilty of maiming and shall be punished as a court-martial may direct. Maiming  includes  putting  out  a  person’s  eye; cutting off a person’s hand, foot, or finger; or knocking out a person’s front teeth, as these injuries destroy or disable  those  members  or  organs.  Maiming  also includes cutting off a person’s ear or scaring a person’s face, as these injuries seriously disfigure the person. Injuring an internal organ so as to seriously diminish the physical vigor of a person is also considered maiming. Art. 125. Sodomy (a)   Any person subject to this chapter who engages in unnatural carnal copulation with another person of the same or opposite sex or with an animal is guilty of sodomy. Penetration, however slight, is sufficient to complete the offense. (b)   Any person found guilty of sodomy shall be punished as a court-martial may direct. Art. 126. Arson (a)   Any person subject to this chapter who willfully and maliciously burns or sets on fire an inhabited dwelling, or any other structure, movable  or  immovable,  wherein  to  the knowledge of the offender there is at the time a human being, is guilty of aggravated arson and shall be punished as court-martial may direct. (b)   Any person subject to this chapter who willfully and maliciously burns or sets fire to the property of another, except as provided in subsection (a), is guilty of simple arson and shall be punished as a court-martial may direct. In aggravated arson, danger to human life is the essential element; in simple arson, it is injury to the property of another. In either case, the fact that no one is injured is immaterial. Art. 127. Extortion Any person subject to this chapter who communicates threats to another person with the  intention  thereby  to  obtain  anything  of value  or  any  acquaintance,  advantage,  or immunity is guilty of extortion and shall be punished as a court-martial may direct. A threat may be communicated by word of mouth or in writing, the essential element of the offense being the  knowledge  of  the  threat  to  the  victim.  An acquittance is, in general terms, a release or discharge from an obligation. Art. 128. Assault (a)   Any person subject to this chapter who attempts  or  offers  with  unlawful  force  or violence to do bodily harm to another person, whether  or  not  the  attempt  or  offer  is consummated, is guilty of assault and shall be punished as a court-martial may direct. (b)   Any  person  subject  to  this  chapter who— (1)  c o m m i t s   a n   a s s a u l t   w i t h   a dangerous weapon or other means of force likely  to  produce  death  or  grievous  bodily harm; or (2)  c o m m i t s a n a s s a u l t a n d intentionally  inflicts  grievous  bodily  harm with or without a weapon; is guilty of aggravated assault and shall be punished as a court-martial may direct. Section (a) describes the offense of simple assault. Swinging your fist, pointing a gun at a person, or raising 2-33 Student Notes: