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[CITE: 10USC1037]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
              CHAPTER 53--MISCELLANEOUS RIGHTS AND BENEFITS
 
Sec. 1037. Counsel before foreign judicial tribunals and 
        administrative agencies; court costs and bail
        
    (a) Under regulations to be prescribed by him, the Secretary 
concerned may employ counsel, and pay counsel fees, court costs, bail, 
and other expenses incident to the representation, before the judicial 
tribunals and administrative agencies of any foreign nation, of persons 
subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice and of persons not 
subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice who are employed by or 
accompanying the armed forces in an area outside the United States and 
the territories and possessions of the United States, the Northern 
Mariana Islands, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. So far as 
practicable, these regulations shall be uniform for all armed forces.
    (b) The person on whose behalf a payment is made under this section 
is not liable to reimburse the United States for that payment, unless he 
is responsible for forfeiture of bail provided under subsection (a).
    (c) Appropriations available to the military department concerned or 
the Department of Transportation, as the case may be, for the pay of 
persons under its jurisdiction may be used to carry out this section.

(Added Pub. L. 85-861, Sec. 1(24)(A), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1445; 
amended Pub. L. 96-513, title I, Sec. 511(31), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 
2922; Pub. L. 99-145, title VI, Sec. 681(a), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 
665.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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1037(a)...............................  50:751.                              Ju
ly 24, 1956, ch. 689 (less Sec.
                                        50:752.                               3
), 70 Stat. 630.
1037(b)...............................  50:754.
1037(c)...............................  50:755.
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    In subsection (a), the words ``Under regulations to be prescribed by 
him'' and the last sentence are substituted for 50:752.
    In subsection (b), the words ``subject to the Uniform Code of 
Military Justice'' are omitted as surplusage.
    In subsection (c), the words ``the terms and provisions of'' are 
omitted as surplusage.

                       References in Text

    The Uniform Code of Military Justice, referred to in subsec. (a), is 
classified to chapter 47 (Sec. 801 et seq.) of this title.


                               Amendments

    1985--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99-145 provided for payment of expenses 
for legal representation of civilians overseas.
    1980--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 96-513 substituted ``Department of 
Transportation'' for ``Department of the Treasury''.


                    Effective Date of 1985 Amendment

    Section 681(b) of Pub. L. 99-145 provided that: ``The amendment made 
by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply with respect to 
costs incurred after September 30, 1985.''


                    Effective Date of 1980 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 96-513 effective Dec. 12, 1980, see section 
701(b)(3) of Pub. L. 96-513, set out as a note under section 101 of this 
title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 5 section 3106.
