§ 908a. Art. 108a. Captured or abandoned property

Statutory text

All persons subject to this chapter shall secure all public property taken from the enemy for the service of the United States, and shall give notice and turn over to the proper authority without delay all captured or abandoned property in their possession, custody, or control.

Any person subject to this chapter who—

fails to carry out the duties prescribed in subsection (a);

buys, sells, trades, or in any way deals in or disposes of captured or abandoned property, whereby he receives or expects any profit, benefit, or advantage to himself or another directly or indirectly connected with himself; or

engages in looting or pillaging;

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.

1956
Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 70, § 903 · 70A Stat. 70
Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 908a
Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 70, § 903
Source evidence
Code source credit
Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 70, § 903
2016
Military Justice Act of 2016
Pub. L. 114–328 div. E title LX § 5401(4) · 130 Stat. 2000
Changed · 10 U.S.C. § 908a
Pub. L. 114–328 renumbered section 903 of this title as this section
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 114–328 renumbered section 903 of this title as this section.
Enacted provision · exact public law section
(4) Captured or abandoned property.— Section 903 (article 103) is transferred so as to appear after section 908 (article 108) and is redesignated as section 908a (article 108a).
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 section	Source (U.S. Code)	Source (Statutes at Large)
903(a)903(b)	50:697(a).50:697(b).	May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1 (Art. 103), 64 Stat. 138.

In subsection (b)(1), the words “of this section” are omitted as surplusage.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2016—Pub. L. 114–328 renumbered section 903 of this title as this section.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2016 Amendment

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.

Credits

1956–2016 · 2 acts

1956Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 70, § 903
2016renumbered § 908a, Pub. L. 114–328, div. E, title LX, § 5401(4), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2938.

Show as published

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 70, § 903; renumbered § 908a, Pub. L. 114–328, div. E, title LX, § 5401(4), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2938.)