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[CITE: 10USC938]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
              CHAPTER 47--UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE
 
                 SUBCHAPTER XI--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 938. Art. 138. Complaints of wrongs

    Any member of the armed forces who believes himself wronged by his 
commanding officer, and who, upon due application to that commanding 
officer, is refused redress, may complain to any superior commissioned 
officer, who shall forward the complaint to the officer exercising 
general court-martial jurisdiction over the officer against whom it is 
made. The officer exercising general court-martial jurisdiction shall 
examine into the complaint and take proper measures for redressing the 
wrong complained of; and he shall, as soon as possible, send to the 
Secretary concerned a true statement of that complaint, with the 
proceedings had thereon.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 78.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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938...................................  50:734.                              Ma
y 5, 1950, ch. 169, Sec.  1 (Art.
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38), 64 Stat. 144.
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    The words ``commanding officer'' are substituted for the word 
``commander''. The word ``who'' is inserted after the word ``and''. The 
word ``commissioned'' is inserted after the word ``superior'' for 
clarity. The words ``The officer exercising general court-martial 
jurisdiction'' are substituted for the words ``That officer'' for 
clarity. The word ``send'' is substituted for the word ``transmit''. The 
word ``Secretary'' is substituted for the word ``Department'' for 
accuracy, since the ``Department'', as an entity, could not act upon the 
complaint.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

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