2013 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces
Subtitle C - Navy and Marine Corps (§§ 5001 - 7921)
Part IV - GENERAL ADMINISTRATION (§§ 7201 - 7921)
Chapter 657 - STAY OF JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS (§§ 7721 - 7730)
Section 7727 - Duration of stay

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 10 - ARMED FORCES
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 10 - ARMED FORCES
Subtitle C - Navy and Marine Corps
PART IV - GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER 657 - STAY OF JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS
Sec. 7727 - Duration of stay
Containssection 7727
Date2013
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 16, 2014
Positive LawYes
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditAug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 485.
Statutes at Large Reference58 Stat. 723, 724

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Duration of stay - 10 U.S.C. § 7727 (2013)
§7727. Duration of stay

A stay of proceedings under this chapter remains in effect for the period specified in the certificate upon which it was based unless the Secretary of the Navy issues a new certificate under section 7725 or 7726 of this title changing the termination date. However, a stay under this chapter may not remain in force longer than six months after the cessation of hostilities.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 485.)

Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
7727 46 U.S.C. 791 (1st sentence as applicable to duration of stay, and proviso as applicable to duration of stay). July 3, 1944, ch. 399, §1 (1st sentence as applicable to duration of stay, and proviso as applicable to duration of stay), 58 Stat. 723.
  46 U.S.C. 792 (as applicable to duration of stay). July 3, 1944, ch. 399, §2 (as applicable to duration of stay), 58 Stat. 724.
  646 U.S.C. 794 (8th sentence and proviso of 9th sentence). July 3, 1944, ch. 399, §4 (8th sentence and proviso of 9th sentence), 58 Stat. 724.

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