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Title 10 — Armed Forces

Part II · Chapter 47 — Uniform Code of Military Justice

§ 887a. Art. 87a. Resistance, flight, breach of arrest, and escape

Statutory text

Any person subject to this chapter who—

(1)

resists apprehension;

(2)

flees from apprehension;

(3)

breaks arrest; or

(4)

escapes from custody or confinement;

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.

  1. Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 69, § 895 · 70A Stat. 69

    Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 887a

    Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 69, § 895

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 69, § 895

  2. Military Justice Act of 2016

    Pub. L. 114–328 div. E title LX § 5401(2) · 130 Stat. 2000

    Changed · 10 U.S.C. § 887a

    Pub. L. 114–328 renumbered section 895 of this title as this section

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 114–328 renumbered section 895 of this title as this section.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (2) Resistance, flight, breach of arrest, and escape.— Section 895 (article 95) is transferred so as to appear after section 887 (article 87) and is redesignated as section 887a (article 87a).

    Effective date note
    Amendment by Pub. L. 114–328 effective on Jan. 1, 2019, as designated by the President, with implementing regulations and provisions relating to applicability to various situations, see section 5542 of Pub. L. 114–328 and Ex. Ord. No. 13825, set out as notes under section 801 of this title.

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)
89550:689.May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1 (Art. 95), 64 Stat. 136.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2016—Pub. L. 114–328 renumbered section 895 of this title as this section.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2016 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 114–328 effective on , as designated by the President, with implementing regulations and provisions relating to applicability to various situations, see section 5542 of Pub. L. 114–328 and Ex. Ord. No. 13825, set out as notes under section 801 of this title.

Credits

1956–2016 · 3 acts
  1. 1956Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 69, § 895
  2. 1996Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title XI, § 1112(a), , 110 Stat. 461
  3. 2016renumbered § 887a, Pub. L. 114–328, div. E, title LX, § 5401(2), , 130 Stat. 2938.
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(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 69, § 895; Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title XI, § 1112(a), , 110 Stat. 461; renumbered § 887a, Pub. L. 114–328, div. E, title LX, § 5401(2), , 130 Stat. 2938.)

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