Notes on 10 U.S.C. § 864 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 10 U.S.C. § 864 : US Code - Notes

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 58; Pub. L. 98-209, Sec.
7(a)(1), Dec. 6, 1983, 97 Stat. 1401.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
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Revised Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at
section Large)
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864 50:651. May 5, 1950, ch. 169,
Sec. 1 (Art. 64), 64
Stat. 128.
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The word "may" is substituted for the word "shall". The word "is"
is substituted for the words "shall constitute".
AMENDMENTS
1983 - Pub. L. 98-209 amended section generally, substituting
"Review by a judge advocate" for "Approval by the convening
authority" in section catchline, and, in text, substituting
provisions relating to review by a judge advocate for provision
that in acting on the findings and sentence of a court-martial, the
convening authority could approve only such findings of guilty, and
the sentence or such part or amount of the sentence, as he found
correct in law and fact and as he in his discretion determined
should be approved, and that unless he indicated otherwise,
approval of the sentence was approval of the findings and sentence.
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.