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[CITE: 10USC880]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
              CHAPTER 47--UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE
 
                     SUBCHAPTER X--PUNITIVE ARTICLES
 
Sec. 880. Art. 80. Attempts

    (a) An act, done with specific intent to commit an offense under 
this chapter, amounting to more than mere preparation and tending, even 
though failing, to effect its commission, is an attempt to commit that 
offense.
    (b) Any person subject to this chapter who attempts to commit any 
offense punishable by this chapter shall be punished as a court-martial 
may direct, unless otherwise specifically prescribed.
    (c) Any person subject to this chapter may be convicted of an 
attempt to commit an offense although it appears on the trial that the 
offense was consummated.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 65.)

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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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880(a)................................  50:674(a).                           Ma
y 5, 1950, ch. 169, Sec.  1 (Art.
880(b)................................  50:674(b).                            8
0), 64 Stat. 134.
880(c)................................  50:674(c).
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    In subsection (a), the words ``even though'' are substituted for the 
word ``but'' for clarity.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

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