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[CITE: 10USC742]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
                      CHAPTER 43--RANK AND COMMAND
 
Sec. 742. Rank: warrant officers

    (a) Among warrant officer grades, warrant officer grades of a higher 
numerical designation are senior to warrant officer grades of a lower 
numerical designation.
    (b) Rank among warrant officers of the same grade, and date of rank 
of warrant officers, is determined in the same manner as prescribed in 
section 741 of this title for officers in grades above warrant officer 
grades.

(Added Pub. L. 102-190, div. A, title XI, Sec. 1114(a), Dec. 5, 1991, 
105 Stat. 1502.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 742, act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 34, 
related to rank of regular officers and reserve officers, prior to 
repeal by Pub. L. 85-861, Sec. 36B(4), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1570.


                             Effective Date

    Section effective Feb. 1, 1992, see section 1132 of Pub. L. 102-190, 
set out as an Effective Date of 1991 Amendment note under section 521 of 
this title.
