2017 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces
Subtitle C - Navy and Marine Corps
Part IV - General Administration
Chapter 657 - Stay of Judicial Proceedings
Sec. 7725 - Stay extended or shortened

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Citation 10 U.S.C. § 7725 (2017)
Section Name §7725. Stay extended or shortened
Section Text

The Secretary of the Navy, when a stay under this chapter is in effect, may file with the court, or a judge of the court, a certificate extending or shortening the time stated in the prior certificate. The filing of such a new certificate extends or shortens the stay to the period specified in the new certificate or terminates the stay if the new certificate so states.

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

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Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
7725 46 U.S.C. 794 (1st, and 9th (less proviso), sentences). July 3, 1944, ch. 399, §4 (1st, and 9th (less proviso), sentences), 58 Stat. 724.

The words "or suspension", "either of prosecution of the suit or of the taking of testimony", "during which the prosecution of such suit or taking of such deposition or production of evidence would tend to endanger the security of the United States or of such operations in time of war, or to interfere therewith", "as the case may be", and "in relation to which it is made shall continue in effect" are omitted as surplusage.

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. 7725 - Stay extended or shortened
Contains section 7725
Date 2017
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 12, 2018
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 58 Stat. 724
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