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[CITE: 10USC12243]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                     Subtitle E--Reserve Components
 
                      PART II--PERSONNEL GENERALLY
 
                     CHAPTER 1207--WARRANT OFFICERS
 
Sec. 12243. Warrant officers: suspension of laws for promotion 
        or mandatory retirement or separation during war or emergency
        
    In time of war, or of emergency declared after May 29, 1954, by 
Congress or the President, the President may suspend the operation of 
any provision of law relating to promotion, or mandatory retirement or 
separation, of permanent reserve warrant officers of any armed force.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 26, Sec. 599; renumbered Sec. 12243, 
Pub. L. 103-337, div. A, title XVI, Sec. 1662(d)(2), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 
Stat. 2991.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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599...................................  10:600p (as applicable to reserve    Ma
y 29, 1954, ch. 249, Sec.  18 (as
                                         warrant officers).                   a
pplicable to reserve warrant
                                        34:330g (as applicable to reserve     o
fficers), 68 Stat. 165.
                                         warrant officers).
                                        34:430d (as applicable to reserve
                                         warrant officers).
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    The word ``may'' is substituted for the words ``is authorized, in 
his discretion''. The words ``any provision of law'' are substituted for 
the words ``all or any part or parts of the several provisions of law''.


                               Amendments

    1994--Pub. L. 103-337 renumbered section 599 of this title as this 
section.

                         Delegation of Functions

    Functions of the President under this section delegated to the 
Secretary of Defense, see section 1(4) of Ex. Ord. No. 11390, Jan. 22, 
1968, 33 F.R. 841, set out as a note under section 301 of Title 3, The 
President.
