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§8463 Midshipmen: discharge for deficiency

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle C— - Navy and Marine Corps › Part PART III— - EDUCATION AND TRAINING › Chapter CHAPTER 853— - UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY › § 8463

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Title 10, §8463

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Midshipmen found deficient at any examination shall, unless the Academic Board recommends otherwise, be discharged from the Naval Academy and from the naval service.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 696334 U.S.C. 1053.R.S. 1519; restored Oct. 22, 1921, ch. 113, § 2, 42 Stat. 207.

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Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 6963 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

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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. § 8463

Title 10Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

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