Title 10Armed ForcesRelease 119-73

§8247 Sale of meals by general messes

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Title 10, §8247

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Under such regulations as the Secretary of the Navy prescribes, meals may be sold by general messes afloat and ashore.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 608734 U.S.C. 915b(c).Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 756, § 16(c), 60 Stat. 855.

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Prior Provisions

Prior section 8251 and 8252 were renumbered section 9131 and 9132 of this title. Another prior section 8252, act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 503, provided that temporary enlistments could be made only in Air Force without specification of component, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 90–235, § 2(a)(4)(B), Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 756.

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 6087 of this title as this section.

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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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10 U.S.C. § 8247

Title 10Armed Forces

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Apr 6, 2026

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