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10 USC § 828 - Art. 28. Detail or employment of reporters and interpreters 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s828"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "10 USC § 828 - Art. 28. Detail or employment of reporters and interpreters"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "828"
section_name: "Art. 28. Detail or employment of reporters and interpreters"
chapter_number: 47
chapter_name: "UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE"
subchapter_number: "V"
subchapter_name: "COMPOSITION OF COURTS-MARTIAL"
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: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 47; Pub. L. 109–366, § 4(a)(2), Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2631.)"
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# § 828. Art. 28. Detail or employment of reporters and interpreters

Under such regulations as the Secretary concerned may prescribe, the convening authority of a court-martial, military commission, or court of inquiry shall detail or employ qualified court reporters, who shall record the proceedings of and testimony taken before that court or commission. Under like regulations the convening authority of a court-martial, military commission, or court of inquiry may detail or employ interpreters who shall interpret for the court or commission. This section does not apply to a military commission established under chapter 47A of this title.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 47; Pub. L. 109–366, § 4(a)(2), Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2631.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 828 | 50:592. | May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1 (Art. 28), 64 Stat. 117. |

The words “Secretary concerned” are substituted for the words “Secretary of the Department”. The words, “detail or employ” are substituted for the word “appoint”, since the filling of the position involved is not appointment to an office in the constitutional sense.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2006— inserted last sentence.