Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73not60
§897 Art. 97. Unlawful Detention
Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle A— General Military Law › Part II— PERSONNEL › Chapter 47— UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE › Subchapter X— PUNITIVE ARTICLES › § 897
Summary
Military courts can punish people under chapter for unlawful detention.
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Title 10, §897
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Any person subject to this chapter who, except as provided by law, apprehends, arrests, or confines any person shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
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Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 89750:691.May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1 (Art. 97), 64 Stat. 137.
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10 U.S.C. § 897
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 3, 2026
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