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Title 10 — Armed Forces

Part I · Chapter 3 — General Powers and Functions

§ 121. Regulations

Statutory text

The President may prescribe regulations to carry out his functions, powers, and duties under this title.

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. (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 6.) · 70A Stat. 6

    Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 121

    (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 6.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 6.)

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Notes

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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
121[No source].[No source].

The revised section is inserted to make express the President’s general authority to issue regulations, which has been expressly reflected in many laws and left to inference in the remainder.

Credits

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 6.)

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