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[CITE: 10USC12204]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                     Subtitle E--Reserve Components
 
                      PART II--PERSONNEL GENERALLY
 
              CHAPTER 1205--APPOINTMENT OF RESERVE OFFICERS
 
Sec. 12204. Commissioned officers: original appointment; 
        limitation
        
    (a) No person may be appointed as a Reserve in a commissioned grade 
above major or lieutenant commander, unless--
        (1) he was formerly a commissioned officer of an armed force; or
        (2) such an appointment is recommended by a board of officers 
    convened by the Secretary concerned.

    (b) This section does not apply to adjutants general and assistant 
adjutants general of the several States and Territories, Puerto Rico, 
and the District of Columbia.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 25, Sec. 594; Pub. L. 100-456, div. 
A, title XII, Sec. 1234(a)(1), Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 2059; 
renumbered Sec. 12204, Pub. L. 103-337, div. A, title XVI, 
Sec. 1662(c)(2), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2990.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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594(a)................................  50:941(c) (less 1st 21 words).       Ju
ly 9, 1952, ch. 608 Sec.  217(c),
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6 Stat. 487.
594(b)................................  50:941(c) (1st 21 words).
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    In subsection (a), the words ``unless * * * he was formerly'' are 
substituted for the words ``has not held an appointment as''. The words 
``or any component thereof'' are omitted as surplusage.


                               Amendments

    1994--Pub. L. 103-337 renumbered section 594 of this title as this 
section.
    1988--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 100-456 struck out ``the Canal Zone,'' 
after ``Puerto Rico,''.
