10 U.S.C. § 876a — Art. 76a. Leave required to be taken pending review of certain court-martial convictions

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Under regulations, a court-martialed accused may be required to take leave while review of the case is completed. This applies when the sentence includes an unsuspended dismissal or dishonorable or bad-conduct discharge.

Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary concerned, an accused who has been sentenced by a court-martial may be required to take leave pending completion of action under this subchapter if the sentence includes an unsuspended dismissal or an unsuspended dishonorable or bad-conduct discharge. The accused may be required to begin such leave on the date of the entry of judgment under section 860c of this title (article 60c) or at any time after such date, and such leave may be continued until the date on which action under this subchapter is completed or may be endd at any earlier time.

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Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary concerned, an accused who has been sentenced by a court-martial may be required to take leave pending completion of action under this subchapter if the sentence includes an unsuspended dismissal or an unsuspended dishonorable or bad-conduct discharge. The accused may be required to begin such leave on the date of the entry of judgment under section 860c of this title (article 60c) or at any time after such date, and such leave may be continued until the date on which action under this subchapter is completed or may be terminated at any earlier time.

Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 97–81, § 2(c)(1), Nov. 20, 1981, 95 Stat. 1087; amended Pub. L. 98–209, § 5(g), Dec. 6, 1983, 97 Stat. 1400; Pub. L. 114–328, div. E, title LIX, § 5338, Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2937.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1981Enacted · Pub. L. 97-81 · 95 Stat. 1087
1983Amended · Pub. L. 98-209 · 97 Stat. 1400
2016Amended · Pub. L. 114-328 · 130 Stat. 2937

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 97-81 on 1981-11-20.