2018 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces
Subtitle C - Navy and Marine Corps
Part III - Education and Training
Chapter 853 - United States Naval Academy
Sec. 8464 - Hazing: definition; prohibition
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(a) In this chapter, the term "hazing" means any unauthorized assumption of authority by a midshipman whereby another midshipman suffers or is exposed to any cruelty, indignity, humiliation, hardship, or oppression, or the deprivation or abridgement of any right. (b) The Superintendent of the Naval Academy shall prescribe regulations, to be approved by the Secretary of the Navy, to prevent hazing. (c) Hazing is an offense that may be dealt with as an offense against good order and discipline or as a violation of the regulations of the Naval Academy. However, no midshipman may be dismissed for a single act of hazing except by sentence of a court-martial. (d) The finding and sentence of a court-martial of a midshipman for hazing shall be reviewed in the manner prescribed for general court-martial cases. (e) A midshipman who is sentenced to imprisonment for hazing may not be confined with persons who have been convicted of crimes or misdemeanors. (f) A midshipman who is dismissed from the Academy for hazing may not be reappointed as a midshipman or be appointed as a commissioned officer in the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps until two years after the graduation of the class of which he was a member. |
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(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 433, §6964; Pub. L. 99–145, title XIII, §1301(c)(2), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 736; Pub. L. 101–189, div. A, title XVI, §1622(e)(8), Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1605; renumbered §8464, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, §807(c)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.) |
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In subsection (a) the words "privilege, or advantage to which he shall legally be entitled" are omitted as surplusage, since they are covered by the word "right". The definition in this subsection is made applicable throughout the chapter to cover §6965 of this title, since the reference in that section to hazing was also derived from the act which is the source for this subsection. In subsection (b) the words "prescribe regulations * * * to prevent hazing" are substituted for the words "make such rules * * * as will effectually prevent the practice of hazing". In subsection (c) the words "dealt with" are substituted for the words "proceeded against, dealt with, and punished". The word "regulations" is substituted for the word "rules" for uniformity and the words "and breaches" are omitted as surplusage. The words "except by sentence of a court-martial" are substituted for the words "except under the provisions of section three of this Act" because §3 of the source statute provided for a Naval Academy court-martial with special provisions for handling cases involving hazing. The enactment of the Uniform Code of Military Justice made midshipmen at the Naval Academy subject to the same military law which applies generally to the naval service, thereby superseding the special type of court-martial for midshipmen. A court-martial under the Uniform Code of Military Justice has the power to sentence anyone convicted by it to dismissal if authorized by the Table of Maximum Punishments. In subsections (d) and (e) all that part of the source text preceding the proviso is omitted as superseded by the Uniform Code of Military Justice. The words "in a military or naval prison or elsewhere" are omitted as surplusage. AMENDMENTS2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 6964 of this title as this section. 1989—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101–189 inserted ", the term" after "In this chapter". 1985—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 99–145 substituted "persons" for "men". EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2018 AMENDMENTAmendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title. |
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Title 10 - ARMED FORCES Subtitle C - Navy and Marine Corps PART III - EDUCATION AND TRAINING CHAPTER 853 - UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY Sec. 8464 - Hazing: definition; prohibition |
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18 Stat. 203 32 Stat. 1198 34 Stat. 104, 105 64 Stat. 146 99 Stat. 736 103 Stat. 1605 132 Stat. 1836 |
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Public Law 99-145, Public Law 101-189, Public Law 115-232 |