10 U.S.C. § 8465 — Failure to report violation: dismissal
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Officers, midshipman officers, midshipman petty officers, and civilian teaching staff at the Naval Academy must promptly report any hazing or rule-breaking they see. A naval officer who fails to report it faces court-martial and, if convicted, is dismissed from the Navy. A civilian staff member who fails to report can be dismissed by the Superintendent, with the Secretary's approval.
Each officer* stationed at the Naval Academy, each midshipman officer, each midshipman petty officer, and each civilian member of the teaching staff of the Academy shall report promptly to the Superintendent of the Naval Academy any fact that tends to show the commission of hazing* or any violation of an Academy regulation by a midshipman.
An officer of the naval service who fails to make a report required by subsection (a) shall be tried by court-martial and if convicted shall be dismissed from the naval service.
A civilian member of the teaching staff of the Academy who fails to make a report required by subsection (a) shall, with the approval of the Secretary of the Navy, be dismissed by the Superintendent.
Source credit: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 433, § 6965; renumbered § 8465, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(c)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)
- 1956Enacted · Act of Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041
- 2018Amended · Pub. L. 115-232 · 132 Stat. 1836
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