10 USC § 919 - Art. 119. Manslaughter

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title: "10 USC § 919 - Art. 119. Manslaughter"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "919"
section_name: "Art. 119. Manslaughter"
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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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 73.)"
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# § 919. Art. 119. Manslaughter

**(a)** Any person subject to this chapter who, with an intent to kill or inflict great bodily harm, unlawfully kills a human being in the heat of sudden passion caused by adequate provocation is guilty of voluntary manslaughter and shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

**(b)** Any person subject to this chapter who, without an intent to kill or inflict great bodily harm, unlawfully kills a human being—

is guilty of involuntary manslaughter and shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

**(1)** by culpable negligence; or

**(2)** while perpetrating or attempting to perpetrate an offense, other than those named in clause (4) of section 918 of this title (article 118), directly affecting the person;

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 73.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 919(a)919(b) | 50:713(a).50:713(b). | May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1 (Art. 119), 64 Stat. 140. |

The word “named” is substituted for the word “specified”.