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Code · U.S. Code · Title 10 - ARMED FORCES · CHAPTER 59— SEPARATION · § 1161

§ 1161. Commissioned officers: limitations on dismissal

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(a)No commissioned officer may be dismissed from any armed force except—
(1)by sentence of a general court-martial;
(2)in commutation of a sentence of a general court-martial; or
(3)in time of war, by order of the President.
(b)The President or the Secretary of Defense, or in the case of a commissioned officer of the Coast Guard, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating when it is not operating in the Navy, may drop from the rolls of any armed force any commissioned officer
(1)who has been absent without authority for at least three months,
(2)who may be separated under section 1167 of this title by reason of a sentence to confinement adjudged by a court-martial, or
(3)who is sentenced to confinement in a Federal or State penitentiary or correctional institution after having been found guilty of an offense by a court other than a court-martial or other military court, and whose sentence has become final.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 89; Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title V, § 563(b)(1), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 325; Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title X, § 1074(a)(5), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2658; Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title V, § 507, Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2109.)
In subsections
(a)and (b), the word “commissioned” is inserted since, for the Army and the Air Force, the term “officer” is intended to have the same meaning in 50:739 as it has in the Uniform Code of Military Justice (article 4). For Navy warrant officers see section 6408 of this title.
In subsection (b), the words “from his place of duty” are omitted as surplusage. The words “at least” are substituted for the words “or more”. The words “by a court other than a court-martial or other military court” are substituted for the words “by the civil authorities”.
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  • Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041
  • 70A Stat. 89
  • Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title V, § 563(b)(1)
  • 110 Stat. 325
  • Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title X, § 1074(a)(5)
  • 110 Stat. 2658
  • 130 Stat. 2109
  • section 6408 of this title
  • Pub. L. 104–201
  • Pub. L. 104–106
  • Pub. L. 85–754
  • 72 Stat. 847
  • section 10 of the Act of May 5, 1950, ch. 169
  • 64 Stat. 146
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ActAug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041
Stat.70A Stat. 89
Pub. L.Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title V, § 563(b)(1)
Stat.110 Stat. 325
Pub. L.Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title X, § 1074(a)(5)
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