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[CITE: 10USC836]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
              CHAPTER 47--UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE
 
                     SUBCHAPTER VII--TRIAL PROCEDURE
 
Sec. 836. Art. 36. President may prescribe rules

    (a) Pretrial, trial, and post-trial procedures, including modes of 
proof, for cases arising under this chapter triable in courts-martial, 
military commissions and other military tribunals, and procedures for 
courts of inquiry, may be prescribed by the President by regulations 
which shall, so far as he considers practicable, apply the principles of 
law and the rules of evidence generally recognized in the trial of 
criminal cases in the United States district courts, but which may not 
be contrary to or inconsistent with this chapter.
    (b) All rules and regulations made under this article shall be 
uniform insofar as practicable.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 50; Pub. L. 96-107, title VIII, 
Sec. 801(b), Nov. 9, 1979, 93 Stat. 811; Pub. L. 101-510, div. A, title 
XIII, Sec. 1301(4), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1668.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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836(a)................................  50:611(a).                           Ma
y 5, 1950, ch. 169, Sec.  1 (Art.
836(b)................................  50:611(b).                            3
6), 64 Stat. 120.
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    In subsection (a), the word ``considers'' is substituted for the 
word ``deems''. The word ``may'' is substituted for the word ``shall''.
    In subsection (b), the word ``under'' is substituted for the words 
``in pursuance of''.


                               Amendments

    1990--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101-510 struck out ``and shall be 
reported to Congress'' after ``as practicable''.
    1979--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96-107 substituted provisions authorizing 
pretrial, trial, and post-trial procedures for cases under this chapter 
triable in courts-martial, military commissions and other military 
tribunals, for provisions authorizing procedure in cases before courts-
martial, military commissions, and other military tribunals.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 839, 906a of this title.
