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[CITE: 50USC740]

 
                   TITLE 50--WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
              CHAPTER 22--UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE
 
                 SUBCHAPTER XI--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 740. Omitted


                          Codification

    Section, act May 5, 1950, ch. 169, Sec. 12, 64 Stat. 147, which 
authorized the Judge Advocate General of any of the armed forces to 
grant a new trial, vacate a sentence, restore rights and property, and 
substitute an administrative discharge for a dismissal or for a 
dishonorable or bad-conduct discharge in any court-martial case for 
offenses committed during World War II upon application made within one 
year after termination of the war or after final disposition upon 
initial appellate review, whichever was the later, limited new trial 
applications to one as to any one case, and provided that World War II 
was deemed to have ended as of May 31, 1951.

                        Executive Order No. 10190

    Ex. Ord. No. 10190, Dec. 6, 1950, 15 F.R. 8711, provided for the 
petition to the Judge Advocate General of the Navy or to the General 
Counsel of the Treasury Department, in respect to violations of Navy or 
Coast Guard disciplinary laws committed between Dec. 7, 1941 and May 30, 
1951, for a new trial, the vacatur of sentence and restoration of rights 
and property, or the substitution of an administrative discharge for a 
dismissal, dishonorable discharge, or bad-conduct discharge; limited 
such petition to within one year after final disposition of the case 
upon initial appellate review or to any time before May 31, 1952 
(whichever was the later date); prohibited submission of more than one 
such petition in any one case and submission after death of an accused; 
specified the ground for relief and the form and contents of the 
petition; permitted oral agreement; prescribed the rules for a hearing; 
authorized additional investigation; required the action granting or 
denying a remedy to be in writing and published; provided the procedure 
for a new trial; and specified the effect of a new trial upon the prior 
trial and sentence.
