2018 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces
Subtitle C - Navy and Marine Corps
Part IV - General Administration
Chapter 885 - Stay of Judicial Proceedings
Sec. 8893 - Stay of proceedings for preserving evidence after stay of suit

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Citation 10 U.S.C. § 8893 (2018)
Section Name §8893. Stay of proceedings for preserving evidence after stay of suit
Section Text

If, at the time of certification under section 8892 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.

Source Credit

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 484, §7723; renumbered §8893 and amended Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, §§807(d)(10), 809(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1837, 1840.)

Editorial Notes
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.

AMENDMENTS

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 7723 of this title as this section and substituted "section 8892" for "section 7722".

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2018 AMENDMENT

Amendment 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.

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 C - Navy and Marine Corps
PART IV - GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER 885 - STAY OF JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS
Sec. 8893 - Stay of proceedings for preserving evidence after stay of suit
Contains section 8893
Date 2018
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 14, 2019
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 58 Stat. 723
132 Stat. 1837
Public Law References Public Law 115-232
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