2021 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces
Subtitle A - General Military Law
Part II - Personnel
Chapter 47 - Uniform Code of Military Justice
Subchapter X - Punitive Articles
Sec. 887a - Art. 87a. Resistance, flight, breach of arrest, and escape

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Citation 10 U.S.C. § 887a (2021)
Section Name §887a. Art. 87a. Resistance, flight, breach of arrest, and escape
Section Text

Any person subject to this chapter who—

(1) resists apprehension;

(2) flees from apprehension;

(3) breaks arrest; or

(4) escapes from custody or confinement;


shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

Source Credit

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 69, §895; Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title XI, §1112(a), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 461; renumbered §887a, Pub. L. 114–328, div. E, title LX, §5401(2), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2938.)

Editorial Notes
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
895 50:689. May 5, 1950, ch. 169, §1 (Art. 95), 64 Stat. 136.

EDITORIAL NOTES AMENDMENTS

2016—Pub. L. 114–328 renumbered section 895 of this title as this section.


STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2016 AMENDMENT

Amendment by Pub. L. 114–328 effective on Jan. 1, 2019, as designated by the President, with implementing regulations and provisions relating to applicability to various situations, see section 5542 of Pub. L. 114–328 and Ex. Ord. No. 13825, set out as notes under section 801 of this title.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, 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 X - PUNITIVE ARTICLES
Sec. 887a - Art. 87a. Resistance, flight, breach of arrest, and escape
Contains section 887a
Date 2021
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 3, 2022
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 64 Stat. 136
130 Stat. 2938
Public Law References Public Law 104-106, Public Law 114-328
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