Notes on 10 U.S.C. § 854 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 10 U.S.C. § 854 : US Code - Notes

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 56; Pub. L. 90-632, Sec. 2(23),
Oct. 24, 1968, 82 Stat. 1340; Pub. L. 98-209, Sec. 6(c), Dec. 6,
1983, 97 Stat. 1400; Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title V,
Sec. 555(a)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A-127.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
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Revised Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at
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854(a) 50:629(a). May 5, 1950, ch. 169,
Sec. 1 (Art. 54), 64
Stat. 125.
854(b)
50:629(b).
854(c) 50:629(c).
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In subsection (a), the word "If" is substituted for the words "In
case". The words "any of those" are substituted for the word "such"
in the last sentence.
In subsection (b), the words "and the" are substituted for the
word "which" before the word "record". The words "the matter and
shall be authenticated in the manner required by such regulations
as" are substituted for the words "such matter and be authenticated
in such manner as may be required by regulations which".
In subsection (c), the words "it is" are inserted before the word
"authenticated".
AMENDMENTS
2000 - Subsec. (c)(1)(B). Pub. L. 106-398 inserted ", confinement
for more than six months, or forfeiture of pay for more than six
months" after "bad-conduct discharge".
1983 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98-209, Sec. 6(c)(1), struck out
provision that if the proceedings had resulted in an acquittal of
all charges and specifications or, if not affecting a general or
flag officer, in a sentence not including discharge and not in
excess of that which could otherwise be adjudged by a special court-
martial, the record had to contain such matters as might be
prescribed by regulations of the President.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98-209, Sec. 6(c)(2), substituted "the
record" for "the record shall contain the matter and".
Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 98-209, Sec. 6(c)(3), (4), added
subsec. (c) and redesignated former subsec. (c) as (d).
1968 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 90-632 provided for authentication of
a record of trial by general court-martial by the signature of the
military judge, for alternate methods of authentication if the
military judge for specified reasons is unable to authenticate it,
for authentication when a court-martial consists only of a military
judge, and for summarized records of trial in specified cases.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2000 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title V, Sec. 555(b)], Oct.
30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A-127, provided that: "The amendment
made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall take effect as
of April 1, 2000, and shall apply with respect to charges referred
on or after that date to trial by special court-martial."
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.
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.