10 USC § 949t - Maximum limits

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s949t"
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title: "10 USC § 949t - Maximum limits"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "949t"
section_name: "Maximum limits"
chapter_number: 47
chapter_name: "MILITARY COMMISSIONS"
subchapter_number: "VI"
subchapter_name: "SENTENCES"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "PERSONNEL"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 111–84, div. A, title XVIII, § 1802, Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2598.)"
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# § 949t. Maximum limits

The punishment which a military commission under this chapter may direct for an offense may not exceed such limits as the President or Secretary of Defense may prescribe for that offense.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 111–84, div. A, title XVIII, § 1802, Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2598.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 949t, added , , , related to maximum limits of punishment, prior to the general amendment of this chapter by .