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Code · U.S. Code · Title 10 - ARMED FORCES · CHAPTER 50— MISCELLANEOUS COMMAND RESPONSIBILITIES · PART II— PERSONNEL · § 48

§ 48.

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Except as they may apply to women officers of the Regular Navy or the Regular Marine Corps appointed under [former] section 5590 of title 10 , United States Code, enacted by section 1 of this Act, the following sections of title 10 cease to operate whenever the number of male officers serving on active duty in the grade of ensign or above in the line of the Navy does not exceed the number of male officers holding permanent appointments in the grade of ensign or above on the active list in the line of the Regular Navy:
Sections 5505 [former 10 U.S.C. 5505 ], 5508 [now 8118], 5596 [now 8146], [former] 5651–5663, [former] 5701–5703, [former] 5705–5711, [former] 5751, [former] 5753–5759, [former] 5761, [former] 5762, [former] 5764–5770, [former] 5785, [former] 5786, [former] 5791, 6371–6384 [ 10 U.S.C. 6371 , 6383 now 10 U.S.C. 8371 , 8372; former 10 U.S.C. 6372–638 2, 6384], [former] 6386, [former] 6407. For the purposes of subsection (a), the following officers may not be considered officers serving on active duty:
Retired officers. Officers of the Navy Reserve assigned to active duty for training. Officers of the Navy Reserve ordered to active duty in connection with organizing, administering, recruiting, instructing, or drilling the Navy Reserve or the Marine Corps Reserve. Officers of the Navy Reserve ordered to temporary active duty for the purpose of prosecuting special work. Title IV of the Officer Personnel Act of 1947 ( 61 Stat. 869 ), as amended, is amended by adding the following new section at the end thereof:
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  • 10 USC 5505
  • 10 USC 6371
  • 10 USC 6372–638
  • 61 Stat. 869
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