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Title 10 — Armed Forces

Part II · Chapter 47 — Uniform Code of Military Justice

§ 811. Art. 11. Reports and receiving of prisoners

Statutory text

(a)

No provost marshal, commander of a guard, or master at arms may refuse to receive or keep any prisoner committed to his charge by a commissioned officer of the armed forces, when the committing officer furnishes a statement, signed by him, of the offense charged against the prisoner.

(b)

Every commander of a guard or master at arms to whose charge a prisoner is committed shall, within twenty-four hours after that commitment or as soon as he is relieved from guard, report to the commanding officer the name of the prisoner, the offense charged against him, and the name of the person who ordered or authorized the commitment.

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. 40.) · 70A Stat. 40

    Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 811

    (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 40.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 40.)

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

Notes

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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
811(a)811(b)50:565(a).50:565(b).May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1 (Art. 11), 64 Stat. 112.

In subsection (a), the word “may” is substituted for the word “shall”. The words “a commissioned” are substituted for the word “an” for clarity.

Credits

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 40.)

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