Notes on 10 U.S.C. § 873 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 10 U.S.C. § 873 : US Code - Notes

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 63; Pub. L. 90-632, Sec. 2(33),
Oct. 24, 1968, 82 Stat. 1342; Pub. L. 103-337, div. A, title IX,
Sec. 924(c)(1), (2), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2831.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
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Revised Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at
section Large)
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873 50:660. May 5, 1950, ch. 169,
Sec. 1 (Art. 73), 64
Stat. 132.
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The words "the ground" are substituted for the word "grounds".
The words "as the case may be" are substituted for the word
"respectively", since the prescribed action is alternative, not
distributive.
AMENDMENTS
1994 - Pub. L. 103-337 substituted "Court of Criminal Appeals"
for "Court of Military Review" and "Court of Appeals for the Armed
Forces" for "Court of Military Appeals".
1968 - Pub. L. 90-632 extended time during which accused may
petition Judge Advocate General for a new trial from 1 to 2 years
and struck out provisions which limited right to petition for a new
trial to cases of death, dismissal, a punitive discharge, or a year
or more in confinement.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1968 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 90-632 to apply in the case of all court-
martial sentences approved by the convening authority on or after,
or not more than two years before Oct. 24, 1968, see section 4(c)
of Pub. L. 90-632, set out as a note under section 801 of this
title.