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10 USC § 931f - Art. 131f. Noncompliance with procedural rules 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s931f"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "10 USC § 931f - Art. 131f. Noncompliance with procedural rules"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "931f"
section_name: "Art. 131f. Noncompliance with procedural rules"
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, § 898; renumbered § 931f, Pub. L. 114–328, div. E, title LX, § 5401(3), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2938.)"
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# § 931f. Art. 131f. Noncompliance with procedural rules

Any person subject to this chapter who—

**(1)** is responsible for unnecessary delay in the disposition of any case of a person accused of an offense under this chapter; or

**(2)** knowingly and intentionally fails to enforce or comply with any provision of this chapter regulating the proceedings before, during, or after trial of an accused;

shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 69, § 898; renumbered § 931f, Pub. L. 114–328, div. E, title LX, § 5401(3), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2938.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 898 | 50:692. | May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1 (Art. 98), 64 Stat. 137. |

## 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 .