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10 U.S.C. § 925 (ARMED FORCES)
§ 925. Art. 125. Kidnapping
Any person subject to this chapter who wrongfully—
(1) seizes, confines, inveigles, decoys, or carries away another person; and
(2) holds the other person against that person’s will;
shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 74; Pub. L. 113–66, div. A, title XVII, § 1707(a), Dec. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 961; Pub. L. 113–291, div. A, title V, § 531(d)(1), Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3364; Pub. L. 114–328, div. E, title LX, § 5439, Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2953.)
text: Historical and Revision Notes
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Source (U.S. Code)
Source (Statutes at Large)
925(a)
925(b)
50:719(a).
50:719(b).
May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1 (Art. 125), 64 Stat. 141.
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Amendments
text: 2016—Pub. L. 114–328 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section related to the offenses of forcible sodomy and bestiality.
2014—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 113–291 substituted “unlawful force” for “force”.
2013—Pub. L. 113–66 amended section catchline and text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows:
“(a) Any person subject to this chapter who engages in unnatural carnal copulation with another person of the same or opposite sex or with an animal is guilty of sodomy. Penetration, however slight, is sufficient to complete the offense.
“(b) Any person found guilty of sodomy shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.”
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Effective Date of 2016 Amendment
text: Amendment by Pub. L. 114–328 effective on Jan. 1, 2019, as designated by the President, with implementing regulations and provisions relating to applicability to various situations, see section 5542 of Pub. L. 114–328 and Ex. Ord. No. 13825, set out as notes under section 801 of this title.
10 U.S.C. § 926 (ARMED FORCES)
§ 926. Art. 126. Arson; burning property with intent to defraud
(a) Aggravated Arson.—
Any person subject to this chapter who, willfully and maliciously, burns or sets on fire an inhabited dwelling, or any other structure, movable or immovable, wherein, to the knowledge of that person, there is at the time a human being, is guilty of aggravated arson and shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
(b) Simple Arson.—
Any person subject to this chapter who, willfully and maliciously, burns or sets fire to the property of another is guilty of simple arson and shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
(c) Burning Property With Intent to Defraud.—
Any person subject to this chapter who, willfully, maliciously, and with intent to defraud, burns or sets fire to any property shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 74; Pub. L. 114–328, div. E, title LX, § 5440, Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2953.)
text: Historical and Revision Notes
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Source (U.S. Code)
Source (Statutes at Large)
926(a)
926(b)
50:720(a).
50:720(b).
May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1 (Art. 126), 64 Stat. 141.
In subsection (b), the words “of this section” are omitted as surplusage.
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Amendments
text: 2016—Pub. L. 114–328 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section related to the offenses of aggravated arson and simple arson.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Effective Date of 2016 Amendment
text: Amendment by Pub. L. 114–328 effective on Jan. 1, 2019, as designated by the President, with implementing regulations and provisions relating to applicability to various situations, see section 5542 of Pub. L. 114–328 and Ex. Ord. No. 13825, set out as notes under section 801 of this title.
10 U.S.C. § 928a (ARMED FORCES)
§ 928a. Art. 128a. Maiming
Any person subject to this chapter who, with intent to injure, disfigure, or disable, inflicts upon the person of another an injury which—
(1) seriously disfigures his person by any mutilation thereof;
(2) destroys or disables any member or organ of his body; or
(3) seriously diminishes his physical vigor by the injury of any member or organ;
is guilty of maiming and shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 74, § 924; renumbered § 928a, Pub. L. 114–328, div. E, title LX, § 5401(13)(A), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2939.)
text: Historical and Revision Notes
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Source (U.S. Code)
Source (Statutes at Large)
924
50:718.
May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1 (Art. 124), 64 Stat. 141.
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Amendments
text: 2016—Pub. L. 114–328 renumbered section 924 of this title as this section.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Effective Date of 2016 Amendment
text: Amendment by Pub. L. 114–328 effective on Jan. 1, 2019, as designated by the President, with implementing regulations and provisions relating to applicability to various situations, see section 5542 of Pub. L. 114–328 and Ex. Ord. No. 13825, set out as notes under section 801 of this title.
10 U.S.C. § 928b (ARMED FORCES)
§ 928b. Art. 128b. Domestic violence
Any person who—
(1) commits a violent offense against a spouse, an intimate partner, or an immediate family member of that person;
(2) with intent to threaten or intimidate a spouse, an intimate partner, or an immediate family member of that person—
(A) commits an offense under this chapter against any person; or
(B) commits an offense under this chapter against any property, including an animal;
(3) with intent to threaten or intimidate a spouse, an intimate partner, or an immediate family member of that person, violates a protection order;
(4) with intent to commit a violent offense against a spouse, an intimate partner, or an immediate family member of that person, violates a protection order; or
(5) assaults a spouse, an intimate partner, or an immediate family member of that person by strangling or suffocating;
shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
(Added Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title V, § 532(a)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1759; amended Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title XVII, § 1731(a)(20), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1813.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Amendments
text: 2019—Pub. L. 116–92 inserted section catchline. Identical section catchline had been editorially supplied.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Effective Date
text: Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title V, § 532(b), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1760, provided that: “The amendments made by this section [enacting this section] shall take effect on January 1, 2019, immediately after the coming into effect of the amendments made by the Military Justice Act of 2016 (division E of Public Law 114–328) [see Tables for classification] as provided in section 5542 of that Act (130 Stat. 2967; 10 U.S.C. 801 note).”
10 U.S.C. § 929 (ARMED FORCES)
§ 929. Art. 129. Burglary; unlawful entry
(a) Burglary.—
Any person subject to this chapter who, with intent to commit an offense under this chapter, breaks and enters the building or structure of another shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
(b) Unlawful Entry.—
Any person subject to this chapter who unlawfully enters—
(1) the real property of another; or
(2) the personal property of another which amounts to a structure usually used for habitation or storage;
shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 75; Pub. L. 114–328, div. E, title LX, § 5442, Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2954.)
text: Historical and Revision Notes
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Source (U.S. Code)
Source (Statutes at Large)
929
50:723.
May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1 (Art. 129), 64 Stat. 142.
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Amendments
text: 2016—Pub. L. 114–328 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “Any person subject to this chapter who, with intent to commit an offense punishable under sections 918–928 of this title (articles 118–128), breaks and enters, in the nighttime, the dwelling house of another, is guilty of burglary and shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.”
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Effective Date of 2016 Amendment
text: Amendment by Pub. L. 114–328 effective on Jan. 1, 2019, as designated by the President, with implementing regulations and provisions relating to applicability to various situations, see section 5542 of Pub. L. 114–328 and Ex. Ord. No. 13825, set out as notes under section 801 of this title.
10 U.S.C. § 929a (ARMED FORCES)
[§ 929a. Art. 129a. Omitted]
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section, act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 75, § 930; renumbered § 929a, Pub. L. 114–328, div. E, title LX, § 5401(10), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2939, which related to the offense of housebreaking, was omitted in the general amendment of sections 929 and 929a of this title by Pub. L. 114–328, div. E, title LX, § 5442, Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2954. See section 929(b) of this title.
10 U.S.C. § 931 (ARMED FORCES)
§ 931. Art. 131. Perjury
Any person subject to this chapter who in a judicial proceeding or in a course of justice willfully and corruptly—
(1) upon a lawful oath or in any form allowed by law to be substituted for an oath, gives any false testimony material to the issue or matter of inquiry; or
(2) in any declaration, certificate, verification, or statement under penalty of perjury as permitted under section 1746 of title 28, subscribes any false statement material to the issue or matter of inquiry;
is guilty of perjury and shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 75; Pub. L. 94–550, § 3, Oct. 18, 1976, 90 Stat. 2535; Pub. L. 97–295, § 1(13), Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1289.)
text: Historical and Revision Notes
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Source (U.S. Code)
Source (Statutes at Large)
931
50:725.
May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1 (Art. 131), 64 Stat. 142.
The words “in a” are inserted before the words “course of justice”.
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Amendments
text: 1982—Par. (2). Pub. L. 97–295 struck out “United States Code,” after “title 28,”.
1976—Pub. L. 94–550 divided existing provisions into an introductory phrase, par. (1), and a closing phrase, and added par. (2).
10 U.S.C. § 931a (ARMED FORCES)
§ 931a. Art. 131a. Subornation of perjury
(a) In General.—
Any person subject to this chapter who induces and procures another person—
(1) to take an oath; and
(2) to falsely testify, depose, or state upon such oath;
shall, if the conditions specified in subsection (b) are satisfied, be punished as a court-martial may direct.
(b) Conditions.—
The conditions referred to in subsection (a) are the following:
(1) The oath is administered with respect to a matter for which such oath is required or authorized by law.
(2) The oath is administered by a person having authority to do so.
(3) Upon the oath, the other person willfully makes or subscribes a statement.
(4) The statement is material.
(5) The statement is false.
(6) When the statement is made or subscribed, the person subject to this chapter and the other person do not believe that the statement is true.
(Added Pub. L. 114–328, div. E, title LX, § 5444, Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2956.)
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Effective Date
text: Section effective on Jan. 1, 2019, as designated by the President, with implementing regulations and provisions relating to applicability to various situations, see section 5542 of Pub. L. 114–328 and Ex. Ord. No. 13825, set out as notes under section 801 of this title.
10 U.S.C. § 931b (ARMED FORCES)
§ 931b. Art. 131b. Obstructing justice
Any person subject to this chapter who engages in conduct in the case of a certain person against whom the accused had reason to believe there were or would be criminal or disciplinary proceedings pending, with intent to influence, impede, or otherwise obstruct the due administration of justice shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
(Added Pub. L. 114–328, div. E, title LX, § 5445, Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2956.)
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Effective Date
text: Section effective on Jan. 1, 2019, as designated by the President, with implementing regulations and provisions relating to applicability to various situations, see section 5542 of Pub. L. 114–328 and Ex. Ord. No. 13825, set out as notes under section 801 of this title.
10 U.S.C. § 931c (ARMED FORCES)
§ 931c. Art. 131c. Misprision of serious offense
Any person subject to this chapter—
(1) who knows that another person has committed a serious offense; and
(2) wrongfully conceals the commission of the offense and fails to make the commission of the offense known to civilian or military authorities as soon as possible;
shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
(Added Pub. L. 114–328, div. E, title LX, § 5446, Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2956.)
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Effective Date
text: Section effective on Jan. 1, 2019, as designated by the President, with implementing regulations and provisions relating to applicability to various situations, see section 5542 of Pub. L. 114–328 and Ex. Ord. No. 13825, set out as notes under section 801 of this title.
10 U.S.C. § 931d (ARMED FORCES)
§ 931d. Art. 131d. Wrongful refusal to testify
Any person subject to this chapter who, in the presence of a court-martial, a board of officers, a military commission, a court of inquiry, a preliminary hearing, or an officer taking a deposition, of or for the United States, wrongfully refuses to qualify as a witness or to answer a question after having been directed to do so by the person presiding shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
(Added Pub. L. 114–328, div. E, title LX, § 5447, Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2957.)
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Effective Date
text: Section effective on Jan. 1, 2019, as designated by the President, with implementing regulations and provisions relating to applicability to various situations, see section 5542 of Pub. L. 114–328 and Ex. Ord. No. 13825, set out as notes under section 801 of this title.
10 U.S.C. § 931e (ARMED FORCES)
§ 931e. Art. 131e. Prevention of authorized seizure of property
Any person subject to this chapter who, knowing that one or more persons authorized to make searches and seizures are seizing, are about to seize, or are endeavoring to seize property, destroys, removes, or otherwise disposes of the property with intent to prevent the seizure thereof shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
(Added Pub. L. 114–328, div. E, title LX, § 5448, Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2957.)
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Effective Date
text: Section effective on Jan. 1, 2019, as designated by the President, with implementing regulations and provisions relating to applicability to various situations, see section 5542 of Pub. L. 114–328 and Ex. Ord. No. 13825, set out as notes under section 801 of this title.
10 U.S.C. § 931f (ARMED FORCES)
§ 931f. Art. 131f. Noncompliance with procedural rules
Any person subject to this chapter who—
(1) is responsible for unnecessary delay in the disposition of any case of a person accused of an offense under this chapter; or
(2) knowingly and intentionally fails to enforce or comply with any provision of this chapter regulating the proceedings before, during, or after trial of an accused;
shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 69, § 898; renumbered § 931f, Pub. L. 114–328, div. E, title LX, § 5401(3), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2938.)
text: Historical and Revision Notes
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Source (U.S. Code)
Source (Statutes at Large)
898
50:692.
May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1 (Art. 98), 64 Stat. 137.
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Amendments
text: 2016—Pub. L. 114–328 renumbered section 898 of this title as this section.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Effective Date of 2016 Amendment
text: Amendment by Pub. L. 114–328 effective on Jan. 1, 2019, as designated by the President, with implementing regulations and provisions relating to applicability to various situations, see section 5542 of Pub. L. 114–328 and Ex. Ord. No. 13825, set out as notes under section 801 of this title.
10 U.S.C. § 931g (ARMED FORCES)
§ 931g. Art. 131g. Wrongful interference with adverse administrative proceeding
Any person subject to this chapter who, having reason to believe that an adverse administrative proceeding is pending against any person subject to this chapter, wrongfully acts with the intent—
(1) to influence, impede, or obstruct the conduct of the proceeding; or
(2) otherwise to obstruct the due administration of justice;
shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
(Added Pub. L. 114–328, div. E, title LX, § 5449, Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2957.)
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Effective Date
text: Section effective on Jan. 1, 2019, as designated by the President, with implementing regulations and provisions relating to applicability to various situations, see section 5542 of Pub. L. 114–328 and Ex. Ord. No. 13825, set out as notes under section 801 of this title.
10 U.S.C. § 932 (ARMED FORCES)
§ 932. Art. 132. Retaliation
(a) In General.—
Any person subject to this chapter who, with the intent to retaliate against any person for reporting or planning to report a criminal offense, or making or planning to make a protected communication, or with the intent to discourage any person from reporting a criminal offense or making or planning to make a protected communication—
(1) wrongfully takes or threatens to take an adverse personnel action against any person; or
(2) wrongfully withholds or threatens to withhold a favorable personnel action with respect to any person;
shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
(b) Definitions.—
In this section:
(1) The term “protected communication” means the following:
(A) A lawful communication to a Member of Congress or an Inspector General.
(B) A communication to a covered individual or organization in which a member of the armed forces complains of, or discloses information that the member reasonably believes constitutes evidence of, any of the following:
(i) A violation of law or regulation, including a law or regulation prohibiting sexual harassment or unlawful discrimination.
(ii) Gross mismanagement, a gross waste of funds, an abuse of authority, or a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety.
(2) The term “Inspector General” has the meaning given that term in section 1034(j) of this title.
(3) The term “covered individual or organization” means any recipient of a communication specified in clauses (i) through (v) of section 1034(b)(1)(B) of this title.
(4) The term “unlawful discrimination” means discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
(Added Pub. L. 114–328, div. E, title LX, § 5450, Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2957; amended Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title X, § 1081(c)(1)(Q), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1599.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Prior Provisions
text: A prior section 932 was renumbered section 924 of this title.
heading: Amendments
text: 2017—Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 115–91 substituted “section 1034(j)” for “section 1034(h)”.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Effective Date of 2017 Amendment
text: Amendment by Pub. L. 115–91 effective immediately after the amendments made by div. E (§§ 5001–5542) of Pub. L. 114–328 take effect as provided for in section 5542 of that Act (10 U.S.C. 801 note), see section 1081(c)(4) of Pub. L. 115–91, set out as a note under section 801 of this title.
heading: Effective Date
text: Section effective on Jan. 1, 2019, as designated by the President, with implementing regulations and provisions relating to applicability to various situations, see section 5542 of Pub. L. 114–328 and Ex. Ord. No. 13825, set out as notes under section 801 of this title.
10 U.S.C. § 933 (ARMED FORCES)
§ 933. Art. 133. Conduct unbecoming an officer
Any commissioned officer, cadet, or midshipman who is convicted of conduct unbecoming an officer shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 76; Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title V, § 542(a), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 1709.)
text: Historical and Revision Notes
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Source (U.S. Code)
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933
50:727.
May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1 (Art. 133), 64 Stat. 142.
The word “commissioned” is inserted for clarity.
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Amendments
text: 2021—Pub. L. 117–81 struck out “and a gentleman” after “an officer” in section catchline and text.
10 U.S.C. § 941 (ARMED FORCES)
§ 941. Art. 141. Status
There is a court of record known as the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. The court is established under article I of the Constitution. The court is located for administrative purposes only in the Department of Defense.
(Added Pub. L. 101–189, div. A, title XIII, § 1301(c), Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1570; amended Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title IX, § 924(a)(2), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2831.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Amendments
text: 1994—Pub. L. 103–337 substituted “Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces” for “Court of Military Appeals”.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Change of Name
text: Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title IX, § 924(a)(1), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2831, provided that: “The United States Court of Military Appeals shall hereafter be known and designated as the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.”
10 U.S.C. § 944 (ARMED FORCES)
§ 944. Art. 144. Procedure
The United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces may prescribe its rules of procedure and may determine the number of judges required to constitute a quorum.
(Added Pub. L. 101–189, div. A, title XIII, § 1301(c), Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1572; amended Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title IX, § 924(c)(1), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2831.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Amendments
text: 1994—Pub. L. 103–337 substituted “Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces” for “Court of Military Appeals”.
10 U.S.C. § 948c (ARMED FORCES)
§ 948c. Persons subject to military commissions
Any alien unprivileged enemy belligerent is subject to trial by military commission as set forth in this chapter.
(Added Pub. L. 111–84, div. A, title XVIII, § 1802, Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2576.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Prior Provisions
text: A prior section 948c, added Pub. L. 109–366, § 3(a)(1), Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2602, related to persons subject to military commissions, prior to the general amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 111–84.
10 U.S.C. § 948d (ARMED FORCES)
§ 948d. Jurisdiction of military commissions
A military commission under this chapter shall have jurisdiction to try persons subject to this chapter for any offense made punishable by this chapter, sections 904 and 906 of this title (articles 104 and 106 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), or the law of war, whether such offense was committed before, on, or after September 11, 2001, and may, under such limitations as the President may prescribe, adjudge any punishment not forbidden by this chapter, including the penalty of death when specifically authorized under this chapter. A military commission is a competent tribunal to make a finding sufficient for jurisdiction.
(Added Pub. L. 111–84, div. A, title XVIII, § 1802, Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2576.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Prior Provisions
text: A prior section 948d, added Pub. L. 109–366, § 3(a)(1), Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2603, related to jurisdiction of military commissions, prior to the general amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 111–84.
A prior section 948e, added Pub. L. 109–366, § 3(a)(1), Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2603, which required the Secretary of Defense to submit an annual report to congressional committees, was omitted in the general amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 111–84. See section 1806 of Pub. L. 111–84, set out as a note under section 948a of this title.