Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102
§828 Art. 28. Detail or Employment of Reporters and Interpreters
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Summary
Under rules the Secretary sets, the person who starts a court-martial, military commission, or court of inquiry must assign or hire trained court reporters to record the hearings and what witnesses say. Under the same rules, that person may also assign or hire interpreters to translate for the court. This does not apply to military commissions established under chapter 47A of this title.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §828
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Under such regulations as the Secretary concerned may prescribe, the convening authority of a court-martial, military commission, or court of inquiry shall detail or employ qualified court reporters, who shall record the proceedings of and testimony taken before that court or commission. Under like regulations the convening authority of a court-martial, military commission, or court of inquiry may detail or employ interpreters who shall interpret for the court or commission. This section does not apply to a military commission established under chapter 47A of this title.
Legislative History
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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 82850:592.May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1 (Art. 28), 64 Stat. 117. The words “Secretary concerned” are substituted for the words “Secretary of the Department”. The words, “detail or employ” are substituted for the word “appoint”, since the filling of the position involved is not appointment to an office in the constitutional sense.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2006—Pub. L. 109–366 inserted last sentence.
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Citation
10 U.S.C. § 828
Title 10, Armed Forces
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102