2017 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces
Subtitle A - General Military Law
Part II - Personnel
Chapter 36 - Promotion, Separation, and Involuntary Retirement of Officers on the Active-Duty List
Subchapter II - Promotions
Sec. 626 - Acceptance of promotions; oath of office
| 10 U.S.C. § 626 (2017) |
| §626. Acceptance of promotions; oath of office |
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(a) An officer who is appointed to a higher grade under section 624 of this title is considered to have accepted such appointment on the date on which the appointment is made unless he expressly declines the appointment. (b) An officer who has served continuously since he subscribed to the oath of office prescribed in section 3331 of title 5 is not required to take a new oath upon appointment to a higher grade under section 624 of this title. |
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(Added Pub. L. 96–513, title I, §105, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2858.) |
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EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective Sept. 15, 1981, but the authority to prescribe regulations under this section effective on Dec. 12, 1980, see section 701 of Pub. L. 96–513, set out as an Effective Date of 1980 Amendment note under section 101 of this title. |
| United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 10 - ARMED FORCES |
| Bills and Statutes |
| United States Code |
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| Title 10 - ARMED FORCES Subtitle A - General Military Law PART II - PERSONNEL CHAPTER 36 - PROMOTION, SEPARATION, AND INVOLUNTARY RETIREMENT OF OFFICERS ON THE ACTIVE-DUTY LIST SUBCHAPTER II - PROMOTIONS Sec. 626 - Acceptance of promotions; oath of office |
| section 626 |
| 2017 |
| January 12, 2018 |
| Yes |
| standard |
| 94 Stat. 2858 |
| Public Law 96-513 |
