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[CITE: 10USC868]

 
                         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. 868. Art. 68. Branch offices

    The Secretary concerned may direct the Judge Advocate General to 
establish a branch office with any command. The branch office shall be 
under an Assistant Judge Advocate General who, with the consent of the 
Judge Advocate General, may establish a Court of Criminal Appeals with 
one or more panels. That Assistant Judge Advocate General and any Court 
of Criminal Appeals established by him may perform for that command 
under the general supervision of the Judge Advocate General, the 
respective duties which the Judge Advocate General and a Court of 
Criminal Appeals established by the Judge Advocate General would 
otherwise be required to perform as to all cases involving sentences not 
requiring approval by the President.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 61; Pub. L. 90-632, Sec. 2(29), Oct. 
24, 1968, 82 Stat. 1342; Pub. L. 103-337, div. A, title IX, 
Sec. 924(c)(2), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2831.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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868...................................  50:655.                              Ma
y 5, 1950, ch. 169, Sec.  1 (Art.
                                                                              6
8), 64 Stat. 130.
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    The word ``considers'' is substituted for the word ``deems''. The 
word ``may'' is substituted for the words ``shall be empowered to''. The 
word ``respective'' is inserted for clarity.


                               Amendments

    1994--Pub. L. 103-337 substituted ``Court of Criminal Appeals'' for 
``Court of Military Review'' wherever appearing.
    1968--Pub. L. 90-632 substituted the Secretary concerned for the 
President as the individual authorized to direct the Judge Advocate 
General to establish a branch office under an Assistant Judge Advocate 
General with any command and substituted ``Court of Military Review'' 
for ``board of review'' as the name of the body established by the 
Assistant Judge Advocate General in charge of the branch office.


                    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.
