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[CITE: 10USC919]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
              CHAPTER 47--UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE
 
                     SUBCHAPTER X--PUNITIVE ARTICLES
 
Sec. 919. Art. 119. Manslaughter

    (a) Any person subject to this chapter who, with an intent to kill 
or inflict great bodily harm, unlawfully kills a human being in the heat 
of sudden passion caused by adequate provocation is guilty of voluntary 
manslaughter and shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
    (b) Any person subject to this chapter who, without an intent to 
kill or inflict great bodily harm, unlawfully kills a human being--
        (1) by culpable negligence; or
        (2) while perpetrating or attempting to perpetrate an offense, 
    other than those named in clause (4) of section 918 of this title 
    (article 118), directly affecting the person;

is guilty of involuntary manslaughter and shall be punished as a court-
martial may direct.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 73.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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919(a)................................  50:713(a).                           Ma
y 5, 1950, ch. 169, Sec.  1 (Art.
919(b)................................  50:713(b).                            1
19), 64 Stat. 140.
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    The word ``named'' is substituted for the word ``specified''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 929, 937 of this title.
