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10 U.S.C. 826: Art. 26. Military judge of a general or special court-martial
Created in 1968 by Public Law 90-632. Changed by 2 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.
2 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 10 U.S.C. 801, 10 U.S.C. 948j.
1 part of federal rules cite it as their authority, written by Department of the Navy (1).
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This Congress
No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.
How it got here
2016
- Pub. L. 114–328, §5184(a), inserted "and special" after "each general" and struck out "Subject to regulations of the Secretary concerned, a military judge may be detailed to any special court-martial." before "The military judge". (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017) Law text · (a)
- Pub. L. 114–328, §5184(b), substituted "qualified, by reason of education, training, experience, and judicial temperament, for duty" for "qualified for duty". (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017) Law text · (b)
- Pub. L. 114–328, §5184(c), amended subsec. (c) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (c) read as follows: "The military judge of a general court-martial shall be designated by the Judge Advocate General, or his designee, of the armed force of which the military judge is a member for d… (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017) Law text · (c)
- Pub. L. 114–328, §5203(e)(3), substituted "preliminary hearing officer" for "investigating officer". (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017) Law text · (d)
- Pub. L. 114–328, §5184(d), added subsec. (f). (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017) Law text · (f)
- Pub. L. 114–328, §5184(e), added subsec. (g). (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017) Law text · (g)
1983
- Pub. L. 98–209, §3(c)(1)(A), amended subsec. (a) generally, inserting provision requiring the Secretary concerned to prescribe regulations providing for the manner in which military judges are detailed for courts-martial and for the persons who are authorized to detail military judges … · (a)
- Pub. L. 98–209, §3(c)(1)(B), substituted "in accordance with regulations prescribed under subsection (a). Unless" for "by the convening authority, and, unless". · (c)
1968
- Pub. L. 90–632 substituted "military judge" for "law officer" and inserted reference to special court-martial.
- Pub. L. 90–632 substituted reference to military judge for references to law officer and such law officer's requisite qualifications, inserted reference to special court-martial and regulations of the Secretary concerned governing the convening of a special court-martial, inserted prov… · (a)
- Pub. L. 90–632 added subsecs. (b) to (d). Former subsec. (b) redesignated as subsec. (e) and amended. · (b), (c), (d)
- Pub. L. 90–632 redesignated former subsec. (b) as (e) and substituted "military judge" for "law officer" and struck out provision allowing consultation with members of the court on the form of the findings as provided in section 839 of this title (article 39). · (e)
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