Volume 60
Public Law 79–5
To amend article 38 of the Articles for the Government of the Navy.
Approved February 12, 1946
Statutory text
AN ACT
To amend article 38 of the Articles for the Government of the Navy.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That article 38 of
Navy.
General courts-martial.
the Articles for the Government of the Navy (Rev. Stat., sec. 1624, art. 38), as amended or superseded by the
Act approved February 16, 1909, chapter 131, section 10 (35 Stat. 621), as amended by the Act approved August 29, 1916, chapter 417 (39 Stat. 586), is amended and reenacted to read as follows:
“Art. 38. Convening Authority.—
General courts-martial may be convened:
“First.
By the President, the Secretary of the Navy, the commander in chief of a fleet, and the commanding officer of a naval station or a larger shore activity beyond the continental limits of the United States; and
“Second.
When empowered by the Secretary of the Navy, by the commanding officer of a division, squadron, flotilla, or other naval force afloat, and by the commandant or commanding officer of any naval district, naval base, or naval station, and by the commandant, commanding officer, or chief of any other force or activity of the Navy or Marine Corps, not attached to a naval district, naval base, or naval station.”
Approved February 12, 1946.