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[CITE: 10USC12740]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                     Subtitle E--Reserve Components
 
                      PART II--PERSONNEL GENERALLY
 
            CHAPTER 1223--RETIRED PAY FOR NON-REGULAR SERVICE
 
Sec. 12740. Eligibility: denial upon certain punitive discharges 
        or dismissals
        
    A person who--
        (1) is convicted of an offense under the Uniform Code of 
    Military Justice (chapter 47 of this title) and whose sentence 
    includes death; or
        (2) is separated pursuant to sentence of a court-martial with a 
    dishonorable discharge, a bad conduct discharge, or (in the case of 
    an officer) a dismissal,

is not eligible for retired pay under this chapter.

(Added Pub. L. 104-106, div. A, title VI, Sec. 632(a)(1), Feb. 10, 1996, 
110 Stat. 365.)


                             Effective Date

    Section 632(b) of Pub. L. 104-106 provided that: ``Section 12740 of 
title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall apply 
with respect to court-martial sentences adjudged after the date of the 
enactment of this Act [Feb. 10, 1996].''
