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[CITE: 10USC937]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
              CHAPTER 47--UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE
 
                 SUBCHAPTER XI--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 937. Art. 137. Articles to be explained

    (a)(1) The sections of this title (articles of the Uniform Code of 
Military Justice) specified in paragraph (3) shall be carefully 
explained to each enlisted member at the time of (or within fourteen 
days after)--
        (A) the member's initial entrance on active duty; or
        (B) the member's initial entrance into a duty status with a 
    reserve component.

    (2) Such sections (articles) shall be explained again--
        (A) after the member has completed six months of active duty or, 
    in the case of a member of a reserve component, after the member has 
    completed basic or recruit training; and
        (B) at the time when the member reenlists.

    (3) This subsection applies with respect to sections 802, 803, 807-
815, 825, 827, 831, 837, 838, 855, 877-934, and 937-939 of this title 
(articles 2, 3, 7-15, 25, 27, 31, 37, 38, 55, 77-134, and 137-139).
    (b) The text of the Uniform Code of Military Justice and of the 
regulations prescribed by the President under such Code shall be made 
available to a member on active duty or to a member of a reserve 
component, upon request by the member, for the member's personal 
examination.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 78; Pub. L. 99-661, div. A, title 
VIII, Sec. 804(d), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3907; Pub. L. 104-106, div. 
A, title XI, Sec. 1152, Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 468.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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937...................................  50:733.                              Ma
y 5, 1950, ch. 169, Sec.  1 (Art.
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37), 64 Stat. 144.
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    The word ``each'' is substituted for the word ``every''. The word 
``member'' is substituted for the word ``person''. The words ``in [any 
of] the armed forces of the United States'' are omitted as surplusage.

                       References in Text

    The Uniform Code of Military Justice, referred to in subsecs. (a)(1) 
and (b), is classified to this chapter.


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 104-106 substituted ``within fourteen 
days'' for ``within six days''.
    1986--Pub. L. 99-661 amended section generally, inserting provisions 
relating to reserve components.


                    Effective Date of 1986 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 99-661 effective the earlier of (1) the last 
day of the 120-day period beginning on Nov. 14, 1986; or (2) the date 
specified in an Executive order for such amendment to take effect, see 
section 808 of Pub. L. 99-661, set out as a note under section 802 of 
this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 654 of this title.
