2011 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces
Subtitle A - General Military Law (§§ 101 - 2925)
Part II - PERSONNEL (§§ 501 - 1805)
Chapter 59 - SEPARATION (§§ 1161 - 1178)
Section 1170 - Regular enlisted members: minority discharge
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 10 - ARMED FORCES |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 10 - ARMED FORCES Subtitle A - General Military Law PART II - PERSONNEL CHAPTER 59 - SEPARATION Sec. 1170 - Regular enlisted members: minority discharge |
| Contains | section 1170 |
| Date | 2011 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
| Positive Law | Yes |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Added Pub. L. 90-235, §3(a)(1)(A), Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 757. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 81 Stat. 757 |
| Public Law Reference | Public Law 90-235 |
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Upon application by the parents or guardian of a regular enlisted member of an armed force to the Secretary concerned within 90 days after the member's enlistment, the member shall be discharged for his own convenience, with the pay and form of discharge certificate to which his service entitles him, if—
(1) there is evidence satisfactory to the Secretary concerned that the member is under eighteen years of age; and
(2) the member enlisted without the written consent of his parent or guardian.
(Added Pub. L. 90–235, §3(a)(1)(A), Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 757.)
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