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Title 10 — Armed Forces

Part II · Chapter 1209 — Active Duty

§ 12315. Reserves: duty with or without pay

Statutory text

(a)

Subject to other provisions of this title, any Reserve may be ordered to active duty or other duty—

(1)

with the pay and allowances provided by law; or

(2)

with his consent, without pay.

Duty without pay shall be considered for all purposes as if it were duty with pay.

(b)

A Reserve who is kept on active duty after his term of service expires is entitled to pay and allowances while on that duty, except as they may be forfeited under the approved sentence of a court-martial or by non-judicial punishment by a commanding officer or when he is otherwise in a non-pay status.

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. 31, § 683 · 70A Stat. 31

    Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 12315

    Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 31, § 683

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 31, § 683

  2. Reserve Officer Personnel Management Act

    Pub. L. 103–337 div. A title XVI § 1662(e)(2) · 108 Stat. 2663

    Changed · 10 U.S.C. § 12315

    Pub. L. 103–337 renumbered section 683 of this title as this section

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 103–337 renumbered section 683 of this title as this section.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (2) Sections 672 through 673a, section 673b (as amended by section 511), sections 673c through 687, section 689 (as amended by section 1625), and section 690 are transferred to chapter 1209, as added by paragraph (1), inserted after the table of sections, and redesignated as follows: Section Redesignated section  672 12301  673 12302  673a 12303  673b 12304  673c 12305  674 12306  675 12307  676 12308  677 12309  678 12310  679 12311  680 12312  681 12313  682 12314  683 12315  684 12316  685 12317  686 12318  687 12319  689 12320  690 12321

1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Notes

historicalAndRevision
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
683(a)683(b)50:971.50:972.July 9, 1952, ch. 608, §§ 240, 241, 66 Stat. 492.

In subsection (a), the word “title” is substituted for the word “chapter”. The provisions of this title relating to active duty of reservists are based on the Armed Forces Reserve Act of 1952. The words “shall be considered * * * as if it were” are substituted for the words “shall be counted * * * the same as like”.

In subsections (a) and (b), the words “active duty for training” are omitted as covered by the words “active duty”.

In subsection (b), the word “kept” is substituted for the words “retained or continued”. The words “pursuant to law” are omitted as surplusage.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1994—Pub. L. 103–337 renumbered section 683 of this title as this section.

Credits

1956–1994 · 2 acts
  1. 1956Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 31, § 683
  2. 1994renumbered § 12315, Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1662(e)(2), , 108 Stat. 2992.
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(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 31, § 683; renumbered § 12315, Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1662(e)(2), , 108 Stat. 2992.)

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