2017 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces
Subtitle C - Navy and Marine Corps
Part IV - General Administration
Chapter 631 - Secretary of the Navy: Miscellaneous Powers and Duties
Sec. 7214 - Apprehension of deserters and prisoners; operation of shore patrols

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Citation 10 U.S.C. § 7214 (2017)
Section Name §7214. Apprehension of deserters and prisoners; operation of shore patrols
Section Text

(a) The Secretary of the Navy may make such expenditures out of available appropriations as he considers necessary to—

(1) apprehend and deliver deserters, stragglers, and prisoners; and

(2) operate shore patrols.


(b) The Secretary, to the extent he considers proper, may delegate the authority conferred by this section to any person in the Department of the Navy, with or without the authority to make successive redelegations.

Source Credit

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 445.)

Editorial Notes
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
7214 34 U.S.C. 606. Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 756, §22, 60 Stat. 856.
  5 U.S.C. 421g(d). Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 756, §40(d), 60 Stat. 858.
  5 U.S.C. 412a. Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 756, §39, 60 Stat. 858.

In subsection (a) the word "naval" is omitted as surplusage.

In subsection (b) the words "except the authority to prescribe regulations" are omitted, since 34 U.S.C. 606 contains no authority for the Secretary of the Navy to prescribe regulations for the administration of that section.

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 IV - GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER 631 - SECRETARY OF THE NAVY: MISCELLANEOUS POWERS AND DUTIES
Sec. 7214 - Apprehension of deserters and prisoners; operation of shore patrols
Contains section 7214
Date 2017
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 12, 2018
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 60 Stat. 856, 858
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