Title 10 — Armed Forces
Part II · Chapter 59 — Separation
§ 1167. Members under confinement by sentence of court-martial: separation after six months confinement
Statutory text
Except as otherwise provided in regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, a member sentenced by a court-martial to a period of confinement for more than six months may be separated from the member’s armed force at any time after the sentence to confinement has become final under chapter 47 of this title and the member has served in confinement for a period of six months.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996
Pub. L. 104–106 div. A title V § 563(a)(1)(A) · 110 Stat. 186
Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 1167
Added Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title V, § 563(a)(1)(A), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 325
Source evidence
Code source credit
Added Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title V, § 563(a)(1)(A), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 325Enacted provision · exact public law section
(A) Chapter 59 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1166 the following new section: “1167. Members under confinement by sentence of court-martial: separation after six months confinement.”. “Except as otherwise provided in regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, a member sentenced by a court-martial to a period of confinement for more than six months may be separated from the member's armed force at any time after the sentence to confinement has become final under chapter 47 of this title and the person has served in confinement for a period of six months.”.National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997
Pub. L. 104–201 div. A title X § 1074(a)(6) · 110 Stat. 2422
Substituted · 10 U.S.C. § 1167
Pub. L. 104–201 substituted “member has served” for “person has served”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 104–201 substituted “member has served” for “person has served”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(6) Section 1167 is amended by striking out “person” and inserting in lieu thereof “member”.
2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
A prior section 1167, acts Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 91; , Pub. L. 87–509, § 4(a), 76 Stat. 121; , Pub. L. 87–649, § 6(f)(3), 76 Stat. 494, related to severance pay of regular warrant officers, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 96–513, title I, § 109(b)(3), title VII, § 701, , 94 Stat. 2870, 2955, effective .
Amendments
1996—Pub. L. 104–201 substituted “member has served” for “person has served”.
Credits
1996 · 2 acts
- 1996Added Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title V, § 563(a)(1)(A), , 110 Stat. 325
- 1996amended Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title X, § 1074(a)(6), , 110 Stat. 2659.
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(Added Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title V, § 563(a)(1)(A), , 110 Stat. 325; amended Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title X, § 1074(a)(6), , 110 Stat. 2659.)