Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102
§950r Accessory After the Fact
Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART II — PERSONNEL › CHAPTER 47A — MILITARY COMMISSIONS › SUBCHAPTER VIII — PUNITIVE MATTERS › § 950r
Summary
Anyone under this chapter who knowingly helps an offender avoid arrest, trial, or punishment is punished by a military commission.
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Title 10, §950r
Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
Any person subject to this chapter who, knowing that an offense punishable by this chapter has been committed, receives, comforts, or assists the offender in order to hinder or prevent his apprehension, trial, or punishment shall be punished as a military commission under this chapter may direct.
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Prior Provisions
A prior section 950r, added Pub. L. 109–366, § 3(a)(1), Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2624, related to accessory after the fact, prior to the general amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 111–84.
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10 U.S.C. § 950r
Title 10, Armed Forces
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102