2013 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces
Subtitle C - Navy and Marine Corps (§§ 5001 - 7921)
Part II - PERSONNEL (§§ 5401 - 6522)
Chapter 567 - DECORATIONS AND AWARDS (§§ 6241 - 6258)
Section 6253 - Replacement
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, 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 C - Navy and Marine Corps PART II - PERSONNEL CHAPTER 567 - DECORATIONS AND AWARDS Sec. 6253 - Replacement |
Contains | section 6253 |
Date | 2013 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 391; Pub. L. 107-107, div. A, title V, §553(b)(2), Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1116. |
Statutes at Large References | 40 Stat. 1056 56 Stat. 744 115 Stat. 1116 |
Public Law References | Public Law 107-107 |
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The Secretary of the Navy may replace without charge any medal of honor, Navy cross, distinguished-service medal, silver star medal, or Navy and Marine Corps Medal, or any associated bar, emblem, or insignia awarded under this chapter that is stolen, lost, or destroyed or becomes unfit for use without fault or neglect on the part of the person to whom it was awarded.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 391; Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title V, §553(b)(2), Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1116.)
Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
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6253 | 34 U.S.C. 359 (proviso). | Feb. 4, 1919, ch. 14, §6 (proviso), 40 Stat. 1056; renumbered §8 and amended Aug. 7, 1942, ch. 551, §1, 56 Stat. 744. |
The words "Secretary of the Navy may replace" are substituted for the words "Provided, That such replacement shall be made only in those cases where".
AMENDMENTS2001—Pub. L. 107–107 substituted "stolen, lost, or destroyed" for "lost or destroyed".
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