Tribal Law - Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota; National Indian Law Library, Native American Rights Fund

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota - Tribal Law

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Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians Tribal Code.

26.11.360 Assault on Judge(s), Law Enforcement, Advocates and Court Personnel

(a) Any person who shall commit an assault, threatens to commit bodily injury, exhibits threatening behavior, knowingly puts a person in fear of bodily injury on a judge, law enforcement officer, probation/parole officer or advocate while the official is performing or attempting to perform his/her

official duties shall be guilty of a Class [3] three offense.

(b) Any person who shall commit an assault inflicting serious injury on a judge, law enforcement officer, probation officer/parole officer or advocate while the official is performing or attempting to perform his/her official duties shall be guilty of Class [4] four offense.

(c) Any person who shall commit an assault with a firearm or other deadly weapon on a law enforcement officer, judge, probation/parole officer, or advocate while the official is performing or attempting to perform his/her official duties shall be guilty of a Class [5] five offense.