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§8329 Officers not to be retired for misconduct

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle C— - Navy and Marine Corps › Part PART II— - PERSONNEL › Chapter CHAPTER 841— - VOLUNTARY RETIREMENT › § 8329

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Title 10, §8329

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No officer of the Navy or the Marine Corps may be retired because of misconduct for which trial by court-martial would be appropriate.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 632934 U.S.C. 385.R.S. 1456. 34 U.S.C. 626–1(a) (1st sentence).Aug. 7, 1947, ch. 512, § 314(a) (1st sentence), 61 Stat. 863; May 5, 1954, ch. 180, § 205, 68 Stat. 68. The words “for which trial by court-martial would be appropriate” are substituted for the words “but he shall be brought to trial by court-martial for such misconduct”. The peremptory command in the source text is at variance with the theory of the Uniform Code of Military Justice and conflicts with the provisions of articles 30, 32, and 34. The substituted words are in accord with the interpretation placed on R.S. 1456 in Denby v. Berry, 263 U.S. 29, 36 (Nov. 12, 1923).

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 6329 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. § 8329

Title 10Armed Forces

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Apr 6, 2026

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