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Title 10 — Armed Forces

Part II · Chapter 47 — Uniform Code of Military Justice

§ 933. Art. 133. Conduct unbecoming an officer

Statutory text

Any commissioned officer, cadet, or midshipman who is convicted of conduct unbecoming an officer 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. 76 · 70A Stat. 76

    Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 933

    Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 76

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 76

  2. National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022

    Pub. L. 117–81 div. A title V § 542(a) · 135 Stat. 1541

    Struck · 10 U.S.C. § 933

    Pub. L. 117–81 struck out “and a gentleman” after “an officer” in section catchline and text

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 117–81 struck out “and a gentleman” after “an officer” in section catchline and text.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (a) In General.— Section 933 of title 10, United States Code (article 133 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice) is amended— (1) in the section heading, by striking “and a gentleman”; and (2) by striking “and a gentleman”.

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)
93350:727.May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1 (Art. 133), 64 Stat. 142.

The word “commissioned” is inserted for clarity.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2021—Pub. L. 117–81 struck out “and a gentleman” after “an officer” in section catchline and text.

Credits

1956–2021 · 2 acts
  1. 1956Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 76
  2. 2021Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title V, § 542(a), , 135 Stat. 1709.
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(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 76; Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title V, § 542(a), , 135 Stat. 1709.)

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