§ 919. Art. 119. Manslaughter

Statutory text

Any person subject to this chapter who, with an intent to kill or inflict great bodily harm, unlawfully kills a human being in the heat of sudden passion caused by adequate provocation is guilty of voluntary manslaughter and shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

Any person subject to this chapter who, without an intent to kill or inflict great bodily harm, unlawfully kills a human being—

by culpable negligence; or

while perpetrating or attempting to perpetrate an offense, other than those named in clause (4) of section 918 of this title (article 118), directly affecting the person;

is guilty of involuntary manslaughter and 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. 73.) · 70A Stat. 73
Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 919
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 73.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 73.)

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Notes

historicalAndRevision

Historical and Revision Notes
Revised section	Source (U.S. Code)	Source (Statutes at Large)
919(a)919(b)	50:713(a).50:713(b).	May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1 (Art. 119), 64 Stat. 140.

The word “named” is substituted for the word “specified”.

Credits

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 73.)