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Code · U.S. Code · Title 10 - ARMED FORCES · CHAPTER 1221— SEPARATION · § 12684

§ 12684. Reserves: separation for absence without authority or sentence to imprisonment

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The President or the Secretary concerned may drop from the rolls of the armed force concerned any Reserve—
(1)who has been absent without authority for at least three months;
(2)who may be separated under section 12687 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.
(Added Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1662(i)(1), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2998; amended Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title V, § 563(b)(2), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 325.)
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  • Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1662(i)(1)
  • 108 Stat. 2998
  • Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title V, § 563(b)(2)
  • 110 Stat. 325
  • section 1163(b) of this title
  • Pub. L. 103–337, § 1662(i)(2)
  • Pub. L. 104–106
  • section 1691 of Pub. L. 103–337
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§ 12684
Reserves: separation for absence without authority or sentence to imprisonment
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Pub. L.Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1662(i)(1)
Stat.108 Stat. 2998
Pub. L.Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title V, § 563(b)(2)
Stat.110 Stat. 325
Citesection 1163(b) of this title
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