10 USC § 12243 - Warrant officers: suspension of laws for promotion or mandatory retirement or separation during war or emergency

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title: "10 USC § 12243 - Warrant officers: suspension of laws for promotion or mandatory retirement or separation during war or emergency"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "12243"
section_name: "Warrant officers: suspension of laws for promotion or mandatory retirement or separation during war or emergency"
chapter_number: 1207
chapter_name: "WARRANT OFFICERS"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "PERSONNEL GENERALLY"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 26, § 599; renumbered § 12243, Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1662(d)(2), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2991.)"
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# § 12243. Warrant officers: suspension of laws for promotion or mandatory retirement or separation during war or emergency

May 29, 1954

In time of war, or of emergency declared after , by Congress or the President, the President may suspend the operation of any provision of law relating to promotion, or mandatory retirement or separation, of permanent reserve warrant officers of any armed force.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 26, § 599; renumbered § 12243, Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1662(d)(2), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2991.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 599 | 10:600p (as applicable to reserve warrant officers).34:330g (as applicable to reserve warrant officers). | May 29, 1954, ch. 249, § 18 (as applicable to reserve warrant officers), 68 Stat. 165. |
|  | 34:430d (as applicable to reserve warrant officers). |  |

The word “may” is substituted for the words “is authorized, in his discretion”. The words “any provision of law” are substituted for the words “all or any part or parts of the several provisions of law”.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1994— renumbered  as this section.

## Executive Documents

### Delegation of Functions

Functions of the President under this section delegated to the Secretary of Defense, see section 1(4) of Ex. Ord. No. 11390, , 33 F.R. 841, set out as a note under , The President.