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[CITE: 10USC1168]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
                         CHAPTER 59--SEPARATION
 
Sec. 1168. Discharge or release from active duty: limitations

    (a) A member of an armed force may not be discharged or released 
from active duty until his discharge certificate or certificate of 
release from active duty, respectively, and his final pay or a 
substantial part of that pay, are ready for delivery to him or his next 
of kin or legal representative.
    (b) This section does not prevent the immediate transfer of a member 
to a facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs for necessary 
hospital care.

(Added Pub. L. 87-651, title I, Sec. 106(b), Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 
508; amended Pub. L. 101-189, div. A, title XVI, Sec. 1621(a)(4), Nov. 
29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1603.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    The new section 1168 of title 10 is transferred from section 1218(a) 
and (c) of title 10 as being more appropriate in the chapter on 
separation.


                               Amendments

    1989--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101-189 substituted ``facility of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs'' for ``Veterans' Administration 
facility''.
