Notes on 10 U.S.C. § 819 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 10 U.S.C. § 819 : US Code - Notes

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 43; Pub. L. 90-632, Sec. 2(5),
Oct. 24, 1968, 82 Stat. 1335; Pub. L. 106-65, div. A, title V, Sec.
577(a), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 625; Pub. L. 107-107, div. A, title
X, Sec. 1048(g)(4), Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1228.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
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Revised Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at
section Large)
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819 50:579. May 5, 1950, ch. 169,
Sec. 1 (Art. 19), 64
Stat. 114.
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The word "shall" in the first sentence is omitted as surplusage.
The words "for more than" are substituted for the words "in excess
of". The words "more than" are substituted for the words "a period
exceeding". The word "may" is substituted for the word "shall" in
the last sentence.
AMENDMENTS
2001 - Pub. L. 107-107, Sec. 1048(g)(4), amended directory
language of Pub. L. 106-65, Sec. 577(a)(2). See 1999 Amendment note
below.
1999 - Pub. L. 106-65, Sec. 577(a)(2), as amended by Pub. L. 107-
107, Sec. 1048(g)(4), inserted ", confinement for more than six
months, or forfeiture of pay for more than six months" after "A bad-
conduct discharge" in third sentence.
Pub. L. 106-65, Sec. 577(a)(1), substituted "one year" for "six
months" in two places in second sentence.
1968 - Pub. L. 90-632 provided that before a bad-conduct
discharge may be adjudged by a special court-martial the accused
must be detailed counsel who is legally qualified under the Code
and a military judge must be detailed to the trial, with a detailed
written statement appended to the record if a military judge was
not detailed to the trial, because of physical conditions and
military exigencies, stating the reasons that a military judge
could not be so detailed.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2001 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 107-107, div. A, title X, Sec. 1048(g), Dec. 28, 2001,
115 Stat. 1228, provided that the amendment made by section
1048(g)(4) is effective as of Oct. 5, 1999, and as if included in
Pub. L. 106-65 as enacted.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1999 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 106-65, div. A, title V, Sec. 577(b), Oct. 5, 1999, 113
Stat. 625, provided that: "The amendments made by subsection (a)
[amending this section] shall take effect on the first day of the
sixth month beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act
[Oct. 5, 1999] and shall apply with respect to charges referred on
or after that effective date to trial by special courts-martial."
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1968 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 90-632 effective first day of tenth month
following October 1968, see section 4 of Pub. L. 90-632, set out as
a note under section 801 of this title.