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[CITE: 10USC859]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
              CHAPTER 47--UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE
 
    SUBCHAPTER IX--POST-TRIAL PROCEDURE AND REVIEW OF COURTS-MARTIAL
 
Sec. 859. Art. 59. Error of law; lesser included offense

    (a) A finding or sentence of a court-martial may not be held 
incorrect on the ground of an error of law unless the error materially 
prejudices the substantial rights of the accused.
    (b) Any reviewing authority with the power to approve or affirm a 
finding of guilty may approve or affirm, instead, so much of the finding 
as includes a lesser included offense.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 57.)

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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
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859(a)................................  50:646(a).                           Ma
y 5, 1950, ch. 169, Sec.  1 (Art.
859(b)................................  50:646(b).                            5
9), 64 Stat. 127.
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    The word ``may'' is substituted for the word ``shall''.
