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[CITE: 10USC850]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
              CHAPTER 47--UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE
 
                     SUBCHAPTER VII--TRIAL PROCEDURE
 
Sec. 850. Art. 50. Admissibility of records of courts of inquiry

    (a) In any case not capital and not extending to the dismissal of a 
commissioned officer, the sworn testimony, contained in the duly 
authenticated record of proceedings of a court of inquiry, of a person 
whose oral testimony cannot be obtained, may, if otherwise admissible 
under the rules of evidence, be read in evidence by any party before a 
court-martial or military commission if the accused was a party before 
the court of inquiry and if the same issue was involved or if the 
accused consents to the introduction of such evidence.
    (b) Such testimony may be read in evidence only by the defense in 
capital cases or cases extending to the dismissal of a commissioned 
officer.
    (c) Such testimony may also be read in evidence before a court of 
inquiry or a military board.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 54.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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850(a)................................  50:625(a).                           Ma
y 5, 1950, ch. 169, Sec.  1 (Art.
850(b)................................  50:625(b).                            5
0), 64 Stat. 124.
850(c)................................  50:625(c).
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    In subsections (a) and (b), the word ``commissioned'' is inserted 
for clarity.
