14 U.S.C. § 2711: Deserters; payment of…

Summary

The Coast Guard may pay the costs needed to catch and hand over deserters, stragglers, and prisoners, as long as it follows rules set by the Secretary. Anyone found guilty by a court-martial of desertion during wartime who is dismissed or dishonorably discharged cannot later join any U.S. military or naval service. They can only be allowed back if a Coast Guard board of commissioned officers removes that disability and the Secretary approves, or if they are restored to duty during the war.

Title 14, §2711

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(a)The Coast Guard may, pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Secretary, make such expenditures as are deemed necessary for the apprehension and delivery of deserters, stragglers, and prisoners.

(b)No individual who is convicted by court martial for desertion from the Coast Guard in time of war, and as the result of such conviction is dismissed or dishonorably discharged from the Coast Guard shall afterwards be enlisted, appointed, or commissioned in any military or naval service under the United States, unless the disability resulting from desertion, as established by this section is removed by a board of commissioned officers of the Coast Guard convened for consideration of the case, and the action of the Board is approved by the Secretary; or unless he is restored to duty in time of war.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2021—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 116–283 substituted “individual” for “person”. 2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 508 of this title as this section. 1952—Subsec. (a). Act July 10, 1952, authorized reimbursement of necessary expenses to persons other than civil officers, and added stragglers and prisoners to class of offenders.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective

May 31, 1951, see act

May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 5, 64 Stat. 145.

§2711 Deserters; Payment of Expenses Incident to Apprehension and Delivery; Penalties