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[CITE: 10USC5949]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle C--Navy and Marine Corps
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
                    CHAPTER 551--OFFICERS IN COMMAND
 
Sec. 5949. Policy as to leave and liberty

    The commanding officer of a vessel shall favor the faithful and 
obedient in granting leave and liberty.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 372.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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5949..................................  34 U.S.C. 220.                       R.
S. 1431.
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    The words ``to exercise carefully a discrimination in'' are omitted 
as surplusage. The words ``leave and liberty'' are substituted for 
``temporary leave of absence and liberty on shore'' to conform to modern 
terminology.
