2016 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces
Subtitle A - General Military Law
Part II - Personnel
Chapter 47 - Uniform Code of Military Justice
Subchapter VIII - Sentences
Sec. 857a - Art. 57a. Deferment of sentences
10 U.S.C. § 857a (2016) |
§857a. Art. 57a. Deferment of sentences |
(a) On application by an accused who is under sentence to confinement that has not been ordered executed, the convening authority or, if the accused is no longer under his jurisdiction, the officer exercising general court-martial jurisdiction over the command to which the accused is currently assigned, may in his sole discretion defer service of the sentence to confinement. The deferment shall terminate when the sentence is ordered executed. The deferment may be rescinded at any time by the officer who granted it or, if the accused is no longer under his jurisdiction, by the officer exercising general court-martial jurisdiction over the command to which the accused is currently assigned. (b)(1) In any case in which a court-martial sentences a person referred to in paragraph (2) to confinement, the convening authority may defer the service of the sentence to confinement, without the consent of that person, until after the person has been permanently released to the armed forces by a State or foreign country referred to in that paragraph. (2) Paragraph (1) applies to a person subject to this chapter who— (A) while in the custody of a State or foreign country is temporarily returned by that State or foreign country to the armed forces for trial by court-martial; and (B) after the court-martial, is returned to that State or foreign country under the authority of a mutual agreement or treaty, as the case may be. (3) In this subsection, the term "State" includes the District of Columbia and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States. (c) In any case in which a court-martial sentences a person to confinement and the sentence to confinement has been ordered executed, but in which review of the case under section 867(a)(2) of this title (article 67(a)(2)) is pending, the Secretary concerned may defer further service of the sentence to confinement while that review is pending. |
(Added Pub. L. 90–632, §2(24), Oct. 24, 1968, 82 Stat. 1341, §857(d); amended Pub. L. 102–484, div. A, title X, §1064, Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2505; renumbered §857a and amended Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title XI, §1123(a), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 463.) |
Repeal of Section
Pub. L. 114–328, div. E, title LVIII, §5302(b)(1), title LXIII, §5542, Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2923, 2967, provided that, effective on the date designated by the President, not later than the first day of the first calendar month beginning two years after Dec. 23, 2016, with implementing regulations prescribed by the President not later than one year after Dec. 23, 2016, and with provisions relating to applicability to various situations, this section is repealed. AMENDMENTS1996—Pub. L. 104–106 redesignated subsecs. (d) and (e) of section 857 of this title as subsecs. (a) and (b), respectively, of this section, added section catchline, in subsec. (b)(1), substituted "defer" for "postpone", and added subsec. (c). 1992—Subsec. (b), formerly §857(e). Pub. L. 102–484 added subsec. (e). See 1996 Amendment note above. EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEALRepeal effective on the date designated by the President, not later than the first day of the first calendar month beginning two years after Dec. 23, 2016, with implementing regulations prescribed by the President not later than one year after Dec. 23, 2016, and with provisions relating to applicability to various situations, see section 5542 of Pub. L. 114–328, set out as an Effective Date of 2016 Amendment note under section 801 of this title. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1992 AMENDMENTAmendment by Pub. L. 102–484 effective Oct. 23, 1992, and applicable with respect to offenses committed on or after that date, see section 1067 of Pub. L. 102–484, set out as a note under section 803 of this title. |
United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 10 - ARMED FORCES |
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Title 10 - ARMED FORCES Subtitle A - General Military Law PART II - PERSONNEL CHAPTER 47 - UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE SUBCHAPTER VIII - SENTENCES Sec. 857a - Art. 57a. Deferment of sentences |
section 857a |
2016 |
January 6, 2017 |
Yes |
standard |
82 Stat. 1341 106 Stat. 2505 110 Stat. 463 130 Stat. 2923 |
Public Law 90-632, Public Law 102-484, Public Law 104-106, Public Law 114-328 |