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10 U.S.C. § 842 — Art. 42. Oaths
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**(a)** Before performing their respective duties, military judges, members of general and special courts-martial, trial counsel, assistant trial counsel, defense counsel, assistant or associate defense counsel, reporters, and interpreters shall take an oath to perform their duties faithfully. The form of the oath, the time and place of the taking thereof, the manner of recording the same, and whether the oath shall be taken for all cases in which these duties are to be performed or for a particular case, shall be as prescribed in regulations of the Secretary concerned. These regulations may provide that an oath to perform faithfully duties as a military judge, trial counsel, assistant trial counsel, defense counsel, or assistant or associate defense counsel may be taken at any time by any judge advocate or other person certified to be qualified or competent for the duty, and if such an oath is taken it need not again be taken at the time the judge advocate or other person is detailed to that duty.
**(b)** Each witness before a court-martial shall be examined on oath.
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**(a)** Before performing their respective duties, military judges, members of general and special courts-martial, trial counsel, assistant trial counsel, defense counsel, assistant or associate defense counsel, reporters, and interpreters shall take an oath to perform their duties faithfully. The form of the oath, the time and place of the taking thereof, the manner of recording the same, and whether the oath shall be taken for all cases in which these duties are to be performed or for a particular case, shall be as prescribed in regulations of the Secretary concerned. These regulations may provide that an oath to perform faithfully duties as a military judge, trial counsel, assistant trial counsel, defense counsel, or assistant or associate defense counsel may be taken at any time by any judge advocate or other person certified to be qualified or competent for the duty, and if such an oath is taken it need not again be taken at the time the judge advocate or other person is detailed to that duty.
**(b)** Each witness before a court-martial shall be examined on oath.
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In this chapter (the Uniform Code of Military Justice):
(1) The term “Judge Advocate General” means, severally, the Judge Advocates General of the Army, Navy, and Air Force and, except when the Coast Guard is operating as a service in the Navy, an official designated to serve as Judge Advocate General of the Coast Guard by the Secretary of Homeland Security.
(2) The Navy, the Marine Corps, and the Coast Guard when it is operating as a service in the Navy, shall be considered as one armed force.
(3) The term “commanding officer” includes only commissioned officers.
(4) The term “officer in charge” means a member of the Navy, the Marine Corps, or the Coast Guard designated as such by appropriate authority.
(5) The term “superior commissioned officer” means a commissioned officer superior in rank or command.
(6) The term “cadet” means a cadet of the United States Military Academy, the United States Air Force Academy, or the United States Coast Guard Academy.
(7) The term “midshipman” means a midshipman of the United States Naval Academy and any other midshipman on active duty in the naval service.
(8) The term “military” refers to any or all of the armed forces.
(9) The term “accuser” means a person who signs and swears to charges, any person who directs that charges nominally be signed and sworn to by another, and any other person who has an interest other than an official interest in the prosecution of the accused.
(10) The term “military judge” means a judge advocate designated under [section 826(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section826/c&num=0&edition=prelim) (article 26(c)) who is detailed under section 826(a) or [section 830a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-
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**(a)** No person may, without his consent, be tried a second time for the same offense.
**(b)** No proceeding in which an accused has been found guilty by a court-martial upon any charge or specification is a trial in the sense of this article until the finding of guilty has become final after review of the case has been fully completed.
**(c)**
(1) A court-martial with a military judge alone is a trial in the sense of this section (article) if, without fault of the accused—
(A) after introduction of evidence; and
(B) before announcement of findings under [section 853 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section853&num=0&edition=prelim) (article 53);
(2) A court-martial with a military judge and members is a trial in the sense of this section (article) if, without fault of the accused—
(A) after the members, having taken an oath as members under [section 842 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section842&num=0&edition=prelim) (article 42) and after completion of challenges under [section 841 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section841&num=0&edition=prelim) (article 41), are impaneled; and
(B) before announcement of findings under [section 853 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section853&num=0&edition=prelim) (article 53);
the case is dismissed or terminated by the convening authority or the special trial counsel or on motion of the prosecution for failure of available evidence or witnesses.
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### Statutory Notes
Section 611, act May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1, 64 Stat. 120, authorized President to prescribe rules. See [section 836 of Title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section836&num=0&edition=prelim), Armed Forces.
Section 612, act May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1, 64 Stat. 120, related to unlawfully influencing action of court. See [section 837 of Title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section837&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 613, act May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1, 64 Stat. 120, provided for duties of trial counsel and defense counsel. See [section 838 of Title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section838&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 614, act May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1, 64 Stat. 121, related to sessions of the courts-martial. See [section 839 of Title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section839&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 615, act May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1, 64 Stat. 121, provided for continuances. See [section 840 of Title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section840&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 616, act May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1, 64 Stat. 121, provided for challenges. See [section 841 of Title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section841&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 617, act May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1, 64 Stat. 121, related to oaths. See [section 842 of Title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section842&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 618, act May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1, 64 Stat. 121, related to statutes of limitation. See [section 843 of Title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 842
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Revised
section
Source (U.S. Code)
Source (Statutes at Large)
840 ..........
50:615.
May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1
(Art. 40), 64 Stat. 121.
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2016—Pub. L. 114–328 substituted ‘‘summary court-
martial’’ for ‘‘court-martial without a military judge’’.
1968—Pub. L. 90–632 inserted reference to military
judge.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2016 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 114–328 effective on Jan. 1,
2019, as designated by the President, with imple-
menting regulations and provisions relating to applica-
bility to various situations, see section 5542 of Pub. L.
114–328 and Ex. Ord. No. 13825, set out as notes under
section 801 of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1968 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 90–632 effective first day of
tenth month following October 1968, see section 4 of
Pub. L. 90–632, set out as a note under section 801 of
this title.
§ 841. Art. 41. Challenges
(a)(1) The military judge and members of a
general or special court-martial may be chal-
lenged by the accused or the trial counsel for
cause stated to the court. The military judge
shall determine the relevancy and validity of
challenges for cause, and may not receive a
challenge to more than one person at a time.
Challenges by the trial counsel shall ordinarily
be presented and decided before those by the ac-
cused are offered.
(2) If exercise of a challenge for cause reduces
the court below the number of members required
by section 816 of this title (article 16), all parties
shall (notwithstanding section 829 of this title
(article 29)) either exercise or waive any chal-
lenge for cause then apparent against the re-
maining members of the court before ad
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