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10 USC § 887a - Art. 87a. Resistance, flight, breach of arrest, and escape 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s887a"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "10 USC § 887a - Art. 87a. Resistance, flight, breach of arrest, and escape"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "887a"
section_name: "Art. 87a. Resistance, flight, breach of arrest, and escape"
chapter_number: 47
chapter_name: "UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE"
subchapter_number: "X"
subchapter_name: "PUNITIVE ARTICLES"
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. 69, § 895; Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title XI, § 1112(a), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 461; renumbered § 887a, Pub. L. 114–328, div. E, title LX, § 5401(2), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2938.)"
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# § 887a. Art. 87a. Resistance, flight, breach of arrest, and escape

Any person subject to this chapter who—

**(1)** resists apprehension;

**(2)** flees from apprehension;

**(3)** breaks arrest; or

**(4)** escapes from custody or confinement;

shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 69, § 895; Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title XI, § 1112(a), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 461; renumbered § 887a, Pub. L. 114–328, div. E, title LX, § 5401(2), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2938.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 895 | 50:689. | May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1 (Art. 95), 64 Stat. 136. |

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2016— renumbered  as this section.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2016 Amendment

Amendment by  effective on , as designated by the President, with implementing regulations and provisions relating to applicability to various situations, see  and Ex. Ord. No. 13825, set out as notes under .