10 USC § 904b - Art. 104b. Unlawful enlistment, appointment, or separation

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title: "10 USC § 904b - Art. 104b. Unlawful enlistment, appointment, or separation"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "904b"
section_name: "Art. 104b. Unlawful enlistment, appointment, or separation"
chapter_number: 47
chapter_name: "UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE"
subchapter_number: "X"
subchapter_name: "PUNITIVE ARTICLES"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "PERSONNEL"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 66, § 884; renumbered § 904b, Pub. L. 114–328, title LX, § 5401(1), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2938.)"
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# § 904b. Art. 104b. Unlawful enlistment, appointment, or separation

Any person subject to this chapter who effects an enlistment or appointment in or a separation from the armed forces of any person who is known to him to be ineligible for that enlistment, appointment, or separation because it is prohibited by law, regulation, or order shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 66, § 884; renumbered § 904b, Pub. L. 114–328, title LX, § 5401(1), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2938.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 884 | 50:678. | May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1 (Art. 84), 64 Stat. 135. |

## 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 .