Notes on 10 U.S.C. § 861 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 10 U.S.C. § 861 : US Code - Notes

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 58; Pub. L. 98-209, Sec.
5(b)(1), Dec. 6, 1983, 97 Stat. 1397.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
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Revised Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at
section Large)
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861 50:648. May 5, 1950, ch. 169,
Sec. 1 (Art. 61), 64
Stat. 127.
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The word "each" is substituted for the word "every".
AMENDMENTS
1983 - Pub. L. 98-209 amended section generally, substituting
"Waiver or withdrawal of appeal" for "Same - General court-martial
records" as section catchline, and, in text, substituting
provisions relating to waiver or withdrawal of appeal for
provisions relating to initial action by the convening authority on
general court-martial records.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1983 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 98-209 effective first day of eighth
calendar month beginning after Dec. 6, 1983, but not to apply to
any case in which the findings and sentence were adjudged by a
court-martial before that date, and the proceedings in any such
case to be held in the same manner and with the same effect as if
such amendments had not been enacted, see section 12(a)(1), (4) of
Pub. L. 98-209, set out as a note under section 801 of this title.