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[CITE: 10USC5135]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle C--Navy and Marine Corps
 
                          PART I--ORGANIZATION
 
       CHAPTER 513--BUREAUS; OFFICE OF THE JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL
 
Sec. 5135. Bureau Chiefs: succession to duties

    (a) When there is a vacancy in the office of chief of a bureau, or 
during the absence or disability of the chief of a bureau, the deputy 
chief of that bureau, unless otherwise directed by the President, shall 
perform the duties of the chief until a successor is appointed or the 
absence or disability ceases.
    (b) When subsection (a) cannot be complied with because of the 
absence or disability of the deputy chief of the bureau, the heads of 
the major divisions of the bureau, in the order directed by the 
Secretary of the Navy, shall perform the duties of the chief, unless 
otherwise directed by the President.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 286.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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5135(a)...............................  5 U.S.C. 445 (less 1st 43 words).    Au
g. 29, 1916, ch. 417, 39 Stat.
                                                                              5
58 (3d par., 45th through 95th
                                                                              w
ords).
                                        5 U.S.C. 446 (last 49 words).        Ma
r. 3, 1893, ch. 212, 27 Stat. 717
                                                                              (
1st par., last 53 words); May 13,
                                                                              1
942, ch. 303, Sec.  1, 56 Stat.
                                                                              2
76.
                                        5 U.S.C. 447 (25th through 74th      Ma
y 4, 1898, ch. 234, Sec.  1, 30
                                         words).                              S
tat. 373 (12th par., 41st through
                                                                              9
2d words).
                                        5 U.S.C. 448a.                       Ju
ne 20, 1940, ch. 400, Sec.  1(f),
                                                                              5
4 Stat. 493.
                                        5 U.S.C. 449 (last 51 words).        Ju
ly 26, 1894, ch. 165, Sec.  1, 28
                                                                              S
tat. 132 (3d par., last 56
                                                                              w
ords); July 11, 1919, ch. 9, 41
                                                                              S
tat. 147 (1st proviso).
                                        5 U.S.C. 452 (less 1st 35 words).    Ju
ly 12, 1921, ch. 44, Sec.  8 (3d
                                                                              p
ar., less 1st 35 words), 42 Stat.
                                                                              1
40.
5135(b)...............................  5 U.S.C. 432a (less applicability    Fe
b. 3, 1942, ch. 35, Sec.  1 (less
                                         to JAG).                             a
pplicability to JAG), 56 Stat.
                                                                              4
7.
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    In subsection (a) all the provisions covering succession in case of 
the absence of the chiefs of the various bureaus are integrated and 
uniformly stated.
    That part of 5 U.S.C. 448a, enacted in the Act of June 20, 1940, ch. 
400, Sec. 1(f), 54 Stat. 493, relating to the succession by heads of 
major divisions of the Bureau of Ships is superseded by the Act of Feb. 
3, 1942, ch. 35, Sec. 1 (5 U.S.C. 432a).

                          Transfer of Functions

    Transfer of functions of Offices of Bureau Chiefs, see note set out 
under section 5111 of this title.
