Source: https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section850a&num=0&edition=prelim
Timestamp: 2020-05-29 16:46:41
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Matched Legal Cases: ['Art. 50', '§ 850', 'Art. 50', '§802', '§5233', '§802']

[USC02] 10 USC 850a: Art. 50a. Defense of lack of mental responsibility
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10 USC 850a: Art. 50a. Defense of lack of mental responsibility Text contains those laws in effect on May 28, 2020
(c) Whenever lack of mental responsibility of the accused with respect to an offense is properly at issue, the military judge shall instruct the members of the court as to the defense of lack of mental responsibility under this section and charge them to find the accused-
(d) Subsection (c) does not apply to a court-martial composed of a military judge only. In the case of a court-martial composed of a military judge only, whenever lack of mental responsibility of the accused with respect to an offense is properly at issue, the military judge shall find the accused-
(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 852 of this title (article 52), the accused shall be found not guilty only by reason of lack of mental responsibility if-
(Added Pub. L. 99–661, div. A, title VIII, §802(a)(1), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3905 ; Pub. L. 114–328, div. E, title LVII, §5233, Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2915 .)
2016-Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 114–328, in introductory provisions, struck out ", or the president of a court-martial without a military judge," after "the military judge".
Pub. L. 99–661, div. A, title VIII, §802(b), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3906 , provided that: "Section 850a of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a)(1), shall apply only to offenses committed on or after the date of the enactment of this Act [Nov. 14, 1986]."