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Code · BILL · 114th Congress · S. 2943 (EAH) — 114 S2943 EAH: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 · Sec. 7202

Sec. 7202. Effective dates

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Except as otherwise provided in this division, the amendments made by this division shall take effect on the first day of the first calendar month that begins two years after the date of the enactment of this Act. The amendments made by this division shall not apply to any case in which charges are referred to trial by court-martial before the effective date of such amendments. Proceedings in any such case shall be held in the same manner and with the same effect as if such amendments had not been enacted. The amendments made by title LX shall not apply to any offense committed before the effective date of such amendments. Nothing in subparagraph
(A)shall be construed to invalidate the prosecution of any offense committed before the effective date of such amendments. The regulations prescribing the authorized punishments for any offense committed before the effective date of the amendments made by title LVIII shall apply the authorized punishments for the offense, as in effect at the time the offense is committed.
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