2017 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces
Subtitle C - Navy and Marine Corps
Part II - Personnel
Chapter 571 - Voluntary Retirement
Sec. 6329 - Officers not to be retired for misconduct

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Citation 10 U.S.C. § 6329 (2017)
Section Name §6329. Officers not to be retired for misconduct
Section Text

No officer of the Navy or the Marine Corps may be retired because of misconduct for which trial by court-martial would be appropriate.

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(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 396.)

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Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
6329 34 U.S.C. 385. R.S. 1456.
  34 U.S.C. 626–1(a) (1st sentence). Aug. 7, 1947, ch. 512, §314(a) (1st sentence), 61 Stat. 863; May 5, 1954, ch. 180, §205, 68 Stat. 68.

The words "for which trial by court-martial would be appropriate" are substituted for the words "but he shall be brought to trial by court-martial for such misconduct". The peremptory command in the source text is at variance with the theory of the Uniform Code of Military Justice and conflicts with the provisions of articles 30, 32, and 34. The substituted words are in accord with the interpretation placed on R.S. 1456 in Denby v. Berry, 263 U.S. 29, 36 (Nov. 12, 1923).

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 5, 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 571 - VOLUNTARY RETIREMENT
Sec. 6329 - Officers not to be retired for misconduct
Contains section 6329
Date 2017
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 12, 2018
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 61 Stat. 863
68 Stat. 68
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