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[CITE: 10USC7727]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle C--Navy and Marine Corps
 
                     PART IV--GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
 
                CHAPTER 657--STAY OF JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS
 
Sec. 7727. Duration of stay

    A stay of proceedings under this chapter remains in effect for the 
period specified in the certificate upon which it was based unless the 
Secretary of the Navy issues a new certificate under section 7725 or 
7726 of this title changing the termination date. However, a stay under 
this chapter may not remain in force longer than six months after the 
cessation of hostilities.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 485.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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7727..................................  46 U.S.C. 791 (1st sentence as       Ju
ly 3, 1944, ch. 399, Sec.  1 (1st
                                         applicable to duration of stay,      s
entence as applicable to duration
                                         and proviso as applicable to         o
f stay, and proviso as applicable
                                         duration of stay).                   t
o duration of stay), 58 Stat.
                                                                              7
23.
                                        46 U.S.C. 792 (as applicable to      Ju
ly 3, 1944, ch. 399, Sec.  2 (as
                                         duration of stay).                   a
pplicable to duration of stay),
                                                                              5
8 Stat. 724.
                                        646 U.S.C. 794 (8th sentence and     Ju
ly 3, 1944, ch. 399, Sec.  4 (8th
                                         proviso of 9th sentence).            s
entence and proviso of 9th
                                                                              s
entence), 58 Stat. 724.
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