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[CITE: 10USC806]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
              CHAPTER 47--UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 806. Art. 6. Judge advocates and legal officers

    (a) The assignment for duty of judge advocates of the Army, Navy, 
Air Force, and Coast Guard shall be made upon the recommendation of the 
Judge Advocate General of the armed force of which they are members. The 
assignment for duty of judge advocates of the Marine Corps shall be made 
by direction of the Commandant of the Marine Corps. The Judge Advocate 
General or senior members of his staff shall make frequent inspections 
in the field in supervision of the administration of military justice.
    (b) Convening authorities shall at all times communicate directly 
with their staff judge advocates or legal officers in matters relating 
to the administration of military justice; and the staff judge advocate 
or legal officer of any command is entitled to communicate directly with 
the staff judge advocate or legal officer of a superior or subordinate 
command, or with the Judge Advocate General.
    (c) No person who has acted as member, military judge, trial 
counsel, assistant trial counsel, defense counsel, assistant defense 
counsel, or investigating officer in any case may later act as a staff 
judge advocate or legal officer to any reviewing authority upon the same 
case.
    (d)(1) A judge advocate who is assigned or detailed to perform the 
functions of a civil office in the Government of the United States under 
section 973(b)(2)(B) of this title may perform such duties as may be 
requested by the agency concerned, including representation of the 
United States in civil and criminal cases.
    (2) The Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Transportation 
with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in 
the Navy, shall prescribe regulations providing that reimbursement may 
be a condition of assistance by judge advocates assigned or detailed 
under section 973(b)(2)(B) of this title.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 39; Pub. L. 90-179, Sec. 1(3), Dec. 
8, 1967, 81 Stat. 545; Pub. L. 90-632, Sec. 2(2), Oct. 24, 1968, 82 
Stat. 1335; Pub. L. 98-209, Sec. 2(b), Dec. 6, 1983, 97 Stat. 1393; Pub. 
L. 99-661, div. A, title VIII, Sec. 807(a), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 
3909.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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806(a)................................  50:556(a).                           Ma
y 5, 1950, ch. 169, Sec.  1 (Art.
806(b)................................  50:556(b).                            6
), 64 Stat. 110.
806(c)................................  50:556(c).
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    In subsection (b), the word ``entitled'' is substituted for the word 
``authorized''.
    In subsection (c), the words ``may later'' are substituted for the 
words ``shall subsequently''.


                               Amendments

    1986--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 99-661 added subsec. (d).
    1983--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98-209 substituted ``Air Force, and'' for 
``and Air Force and law specialists of the''.
    1968--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 90-632 substituted ``military judge'' for 
``law officer''.
    1967--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 90-179 substituted reference to judge 
advocates of the Navy for reference to law specialists of the Navy and 
provided for the assignment of judge advocates of the Marine Corps.


                    Effective Date of 1986 Amendment

    Section 807(b) of Pub. L. 99-661 provided that: ``The amendment made 
by subsection (a) [amending this section]--
        ``(1) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act 
    [Nov. 14, 1986]; and
        ``(2) may not be construed to invalidate an action taken by a 
    judge advocate, pursuant to an assignment or detail under section 
    973(b)(2)(B) of title 10, United States Code, before the date of the 
    enactment of this Act.''


                    Effective Date of 1983 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 98-209 effective first day of eighth calendar 
month beginning after Dec. 6, 1983, see section 12(a)(1) of Pub. L. 98-
209, set out as a note under section 801 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1968 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 90-632 effective first day of tenth month 
following October 1968, see section 4 of Pub. L. 90-632, set out as a 
note under section 801 of this title.
