2017 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces
Subtitle C - Navy and Marine Corps
Part IV - General Administration
Chapter 657 - Stay of Judicial Proceedings
Sec. 7723 - Stay of proceedings for preserving evidence after stay of suit

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Citation 10 U.S.C. § 7723 (2017)
Section Name §7723. Stay of proceedings for preserving evidence after stay of suit
Section Text

If, at the time of certification under section 7722 of this title, or at any time before the termination of the stay based on the certificate, the Secretary of the Navy files with the court an additional certificate to the effect that the issue of any process to preserve evidence or the completion of action on process previously issued would tend to endanger the security of the United States or of any of its naval or military operations in the war, or would tend to interfere with those operations, then all proceedings for the taking or preserving of evidence to be used by either party in the trial shall be stayed.

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(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 484.)

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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
7723 46 U.S.C. 791 (proviso, less applicability to duration of stay). July 3, 1944, ch. 399, §1 (proviso, less applicability to duration of stay), 58 Stat. 723.

The word "stayed" is substituted for the word "suspended" for uniformity and clarity.

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 657 - STAY OF JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS
Sec. 7723 - Stay of proceedings for preserving evidence after stay of suit
Contains section 7723
Date 2017
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 12, 2018
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 58 Stat. 723
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