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Title 10 — Armed Forces

Part II · Chapter 59 — Separation

§ 1173. Enlisted members: discharge for hardship

Statutory text

Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary concerned, a regular enlisted member of an armed force who has dependents may be discharged for hardship.

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.

  1. Pub. L. 93–64 title I § 102 · 87 Stat. 147

    Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 1173

    (Added Pub. L. 93–64, title I, § 102, July 9, 1973, 87 Stat. 147.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Added Pub. L. 93–64, title I, § 102, July 9, 1973, 87 Stat. 147.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 102. Chapter 59 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 70A Stat. 89; 81 Stat. 757. 10 USC 1161. adding after section 1172 the following new section and inserting a corresponding item in the analysis: “§1173. Enlisted members: discharge for hardship “Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary concerned, a regular enlisted member of an armed force who has dependents may be discharged for hardship.”

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective , see section 206 of Pub. L. 93–64, set out as a note under section 401 of Title 37, Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services.

Credits

(Added Pub. L. 93–64, title I, § 102, , 87 Stat. 147.)

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