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Title 10 — Armed Forces

Part II · Chapter 47 — Uniform Code of Military Justice

§ 893. Art. 93. Cruelty and maltreatment

Statutory text

Any person subject to this chapter who is guilty of cruelty toward, or oppression or maltreatment of, any person subject to his orders 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. 68.) · 70A Stat. 68

    Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 893

    (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 68.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 68.)

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Notes

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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
89350:687.May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1 (Art. 93), 64 Stat. 136.

Credits

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 68.)

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