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10 U.S.C. § 868 — Art. 68. Branch offices
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The Secretary concerned may direct the Judge Advocate General to establish a branch office with any command. The branch office shall be under an Assistant Judge Advocate General who, with the consent of the Judge Advocate General, may establish a Court of Criminal Appeals with one or more panels. That Assistant Judge Advocate General and any Court of Criminal Appeals established by him may perform for that command under the general supervision of the Judge Advocate General, the respective duties which the Judge Advocate General and a Court of Criminal Appeals established by the Judge Advocate General would otherwise be required to perform as to all cases involving sentences not requiring approval by the President.
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The Secretary concerned may direct the Judge Advocate General to establish a branch office with any command. The branch office shall be under an Assistant Judge Advocate General who, with the consent of the Judge Advocate General, may establish a Court of Criminal Appeals with one or more panels. That Assistant Judge Advocate General and any Court of Criminal Appeals established by him may perform for that command under the general supervision of the Judge Advocate General, the respective duties which the Judge Advocate General and a Court of Criminal Appeals established by the Judge Advocate General would otherwise be required to perform as to all cases involving sentences not requiring approval by the President.
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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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### Statutory Notes
Section 646, act May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1, 64 Stat. 127, related to errors of law and to lesser included offense. See [section 859 of Title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section859&num=0&edition=prelim), Armed Forces.
Section 647, act May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1, 64 Stat. 127, provided for initial action on record. See [section 860 of Title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section860&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 648, act May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1, 64 Stat. 127, provided for initial action on general court-martial records. See [section 861 of Title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section861&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 649, act May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1, 64 Stat. 127, provided for reconsideration and revision. See [section 862 of Title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section862&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 650, act May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1, 64 Stat. 127, related to rehearings. See [section 863 of Title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section863&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 651, act May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1, 64 Stat. 128, related to approval by convening authority. See [section 864 of Title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section864&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 652, act May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1, 64 Stat. 128, provided for disposition of records after review by convening authority. See [section 865 of Title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section865&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 653, act May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1, 64 Stat. 128, provided for review by
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 868
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2023 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title V, § 533(b), Dec. 22, 2023, 137
Stat. 261, provided that:
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The amendments made by sub-
section (a) [amending this section and sections 1259 and
2101 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure] shall
take effect on the date that is one year after the date
of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 22, 2023] and shall
apply with respect to any action of the United States
Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces in granting or
refusing to grant a petition for review submitted to
such Court for the first time on or after such effective
date.
‘‘(2) INAPPLICABILITY TO PENDING DECISIONS.—With re-
spect to a petition submitted to the United States
Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces before the effec-
tive date specified in paragraph (1) and on which the
Court has not taken action as of such date, the provi-
sions of the United States Code amended by subsection
(a) shall apply as if such amendments had not been en-
acted. Any action of the United States Court of Appeals
for the Armed Forces in granting or refusing to grant
such a petition is final and conclusive.
‘‘(3) FINALITY OF DECISIONS BEFORE EFFECTIVE DATE.—
Any action of the United States Court of Appeals for
the Armed Forces in granting or refusing to grant a pe-
tition for review before the effective date specified in
paragraph (1) is final and conclusive.
‘‘(4) RULES REQUIRED.—The Supreme Court shall pre-
scribe rules to carry out section 2101(g) of title 28,
United States Code, as amended by subsection (a)(2)(B)
of this section, by not later than the effective date
specified in paragraph (1).’’
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2016 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub
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