10 USC § 12687 - Reserves under confinement by sentence of court-martial: separation after six months confinement
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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s12687"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "10 USC § 12687 - Reserves under confinement by sentence of court-martial: separation after six months confinement"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "12687"
section_name: "Reserves under confinement by sentence of court-martial: separation after six months confinement"
chapter_number: 1221
chapter_name: "SEPARATION"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "PERSONNEL GENERALLY"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title V, § 563(a)(2)(A), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 325.)"
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# § 12687. Reserves under confinement by sentence of court-martial: separation after six months confinement
Except as otherwise provided in regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, a Reserve sentenced by a court-martial to a period of confinement for more than six months may be separated from that Reserve’s armed force at any time after the sentence to confinement has become final under chapter 47 of this title and the Reserve has served in confinement for a period of six months.
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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title V, § 563(a)(2)(A), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 325.)