2015 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces (Sections 101 - 18506)
Subtitle A - General Military Law (Sections 101 - 2926)
Part II - Personnel (Sections 501 - 1805)
Chapter 47 - Uniform Code of Military Justice (Sections 801 - 946)
Subchapter X - Punitive Articles (Sections 877 - 934)
Sec. 896 - Art. 96. Releasing prisoner without proper authority
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, 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 47 - UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE SUBCHAPTER X - PUNITIVE ARTICLES Sec. 896 - Art. 96. Releasing prisoner without proper authority |
Contains | section 896 |
Date | 2015 |
Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 69. |
Statutes at Large Reference | 64 Stat. 136 |
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Any person subject to this chapter who, without proper authority, releases any prisoner committed to his charge, or who through neglect or design suffers any such prisoner to escape, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct, whether or not the prisoner was committed in strict compliance with law.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 69.)
Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
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896 | 50:690. | May 5, 1950, ch. 169, §1 (Art. 96), 64 Stat. 136. |
The words "whether or not the prisoner was committed in strict compliance with law" are substituted for the word "duly", to reflect the long standing construction expressed in the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States, 1951, par. 175a.
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