14 U.S.C. § 2711 — Deserters; payment of expenses incident to apprehension and delivery; penalties
submitted 76 years ago by ch. 169 to r/title-14-COAST-GUARD · 132 words · no verdicts yet
The Coast Guard may pay necessary costs to apprehend and deliver deserters, stragglers, and prisoners. A person dishonorably discharged or dismissed after a wartime desertion conviction generally may not serve in a United States military or naval service unless the stated exception applies.
(a) The Coast Guard may, pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Secretary*, make such expenditures as are deemed necessary for the apprehension and delivery of deserters, stragglers, and prisoners. (b) No individual who is convicted by court martial for desertion from the Coast Guard in time of war, and as the result of such conviction is dismissed or dishonorably discharged from the Coast Guard shall afterwards be enlisted, appointed, or commissioned in any military or naval service under the United States, unless the disability resulting from desertion, as established by this section is removed by a board of commissioned officers of the Coast Guard convened for consideration of the case, and the action of the Board is approved by the Secretary; or unless he is restored to duty in time of war.
The Coast Guard may, pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Secretary*, make such expenditures as are deemed necessary for the apprehension and delivery of deserters, stragglers, and prisoners.
No individual who is convicted by court martial for desertion from the Coast Guard in time of war, and as the result of such conviction is dismissed or dishonorably discharged from the Coast Guard shall afterwards be enlisted, appointed, or commissioned in any military or naval service under the United States, unless the disability resulting from desertion, as established by this section is removed by a board of commissioned officers of the Coast Guard convened for consideration of the case, and the action of the Board is approved by the Secretary; or unless he is restored to duty in time of war.
Source credit: (Added May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 16(a), 64 Stat. 148, § 508; amended July 10, 1952, ch. 631, § 2, 66 Stat. 540; renumbered § 2711, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 116(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4226; Pub. L. 116–283, div. G, title LVXXXV [LXXXV], § 8505(a)(24), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4749.)
- 1950Enacted · Act of May 5, 1950, ch. 169 · 64 Stat. 148
- 1952Amended · Act of July 10, 1952, ch. 631 · 66 Stat. 540
- 2018Amended · Pub. L. 115-282 · 132 Stat. 4226
- 2021Amended · Pub. L. 116-283 · 134 Stat. 4749
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