Title 10 — Armed Forces
Part II · Chapter 47 — Uniform Code of Military Justice
§ 878. Art. 78. Accessory after the fact
Statutory text
Any person subject to this chapter who, knowing that an offense punishable by this chapter has been committed, receives, comforts, or assists the offender in order to hinder or prevent his apprehension, trial, or punishment shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
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.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 65.) · 70A Stat. 65
Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 878
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 65.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 65.)
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Notes
historicalAndRevision
| Historical and Revision Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 878 | 50:672. | May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1 (Art. 78), 64 Stat. 134. |
Credits
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 65.)