2018 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces
Subtitle A - General Military Law
Part II - Personnel
Chapter 47 - Uniform Code of Military Justice
Subchapter II - Apprehension and Restraint
Sec. 811 - Art. 11. Reports and receiving of prisoners

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Citation 10 U.S.C. § 811 (2018)
Section Name §811. Art. 11. Reports and receiving of prisoners
Section Text

(a) No provost marshal, commander of a guard, or master at arms may refuse to receive or keep any prisoner committed to his charge by a commissioned officer of the armed forces, when the committing officer furnishes a statement, signed by him, of the offense charged against the prisoner.

(b) Every commander of a guard or master at arms to whose charge a prisoner is committed shall, within twenty-four hours after that commitment or as soon as he is relieved from guard, report to the commanding officer the name of the prisoner, the offense charged against him, and the name of the person who ordered or authorized the commitment.

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(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 40.)

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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
811(a)811(b) 50:565(a).50:565(b). May 5, 1950, ch. 169, §1 (Art. 11), 64 Stat. 112.

In subsection (a), the word "may" is substituted for the word "shall". The words "a commissioned" are substituted for the word "an" for clarity.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, 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 A - General Military Law
PART II - PERSONNEL
CHAPTER 47 - UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE
SUBCHAPTER II - APPREHENSION AND RESTRAINT
Sec. 811 - Art. 11. Reports and receiving of prisoners
Contains section 811
Date 2018
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 14, 2019
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 64 Stat. 112
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