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[CITE: 10USC811]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
              CHAPTER 47--UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE
 
                SUBCHAPTER II--APPREHENSION AND RESTRAINT
 
Sec. 811. Art. 11. Reports and receiving of prisoners

    (a) No provost marshal, commander of a guard, or master at arms may 
refuse to receive or keep any prisoner committed to his charge by a 
commissioned officer of the armed forces, when the committing officer 
furnishes a statement, signed by him, of the offense charged against the 
prisoner.
    (b) Every commander of a guard or master at arms to whose charge a 
prisoner is committed shall, within twenty-four hours after that 
commitment or as soon as he is relieved from guard, report to the 
commanding officer the name of the prisoner, the offense charged against 
him, and the name of the person who ordered or authorized the 
commitment.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 40.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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811(a)................................  50:565(a).                           Ma
y 5, 1950, ch. 169, Sec.  1 (Art.
811(b)................................  50:565(b).                            1
1), 64 Stat. 112.
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    In subsection (a), the word ``may'' is substituted for the word 
``shall''. The words ``a commissioned'' are substituted for the word 
``an'' for clarity.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 937 of this title.
