§ 881. Art. 81. Conspiracy

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. 1956

   Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 66 · 70A Stat. 66

   Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 881

   Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 66

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 66

2. 2006

   Military Commissions Act of 2006

   Pub. L. 109–366 § 4(b) · 120 Stat. 2600

   1. Amended · 10 U.S.C. § 881

      Pub. L. 109–366 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a)

   2. Added · 10 U.S.C. § 881

      Pub. L. 109–366 added subsec. (b)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 109–366 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (b) Punitive Article of Conspiracy.— Section 881 of title 10, United States Code (article 81 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), is amended— (1) by inserting “(a)” before “Any person”; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(b) Any person subject to this chapter who conspires with any other person to commit an offense under the law of war, and who knowingly does an overt act to effect the object of the conspiracy, shall be punished, if death results to one or more of the victims, by death or such other punishment as a court-martial or military commission may direct, and, if death does not result to any of the victims, by such punishment, other than death, as a court-martial or military commission may direct.” .

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