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[CITE: 10USC14309]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                     Subtitle E--Reserve Components
 
  PART III--PROMOTION AND RETENTION OF OFFICERS ON THE RESERVE ACTIVE-
                               STATUS LIST
 
                        CHAPTER 1405--PROMOTIONS
 
Sec. 14309. Acceptance of promotion; oath of office

    (a) Acceptance.--An officer who is appointed to a higher grade under 
this chapter shall be considered to have accepted the appointment on the 
date on which the appointment is made unless the officer expressly 
declines the appointment or is granted a delay of promotion under 
section 14312 of this title.
    (b) Oath.--An officer who has served continuously since taking the 
oath of office prescribed in section 3331 of title 5 is not required to 
take a new oath upon appointment to a higher grade under this chapter.

(Added Pub. L. 103-337, div. A, title XVI, Sec. 1611, Oct. 5, 1994, 108 
Stat. 2938.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in 
sections 3394 and 8394 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103-
337, Sec. 1629(a)(1), (c)(1).
