10 USC § 639 - Continuation on active duty to complete disciplinary action

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s639"
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title: "10 USC § 639 - Continuation on active duty to complete disciplinary action"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "639"
section_name: "Continuation on active duty to complete disciplinary action"
chapter_number: 36
chapter_name: "PROMOTION, SEPARATION, AND INVOLUNTARY RETIREMENT OF OFFICERS ON THE ACTIVE-DUTY LIST"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "CONTINUATION ON ACTIVE DUTY AND SELECTIVE EARLY RETIREMENT"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "PERSONNEL"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 96–513, title I, § 105, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2866.)"
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# § 639. Continuation on active duty to complete disciplinary action

When any action has been commenced against an officer with a view to trying such officer by court-martial and such officer is to be separated or retired in accordance with this chapter, the Secretary of the military department concerned may delay the separation or retirement of the officer, without prejudice to such action, until the completion of the action.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 96–513, title I, § 105, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2866.)

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