10 USC § 950r - Accessory after the fact

---
identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s950r"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "10 USC § 950r - Accessory after the fact"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "950r"
section_name: "Accessory after the fact"
chapter_number: 47
chapter_name: "MILITARY COMMISSIONS"
subchapter_number: "VIII"
subchapter_name: "PUNITIVE MATTERS"
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: "(Added Pub. L. 111–84, div. A, title XVIII, § 1802, Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2607.)"
---


# § 950r. Accessory after the fact

Any person subject to this chapter who, knowing that an offense punishable by this chapter has been committed, receives, comforts, or assists the offender in order to hinder or prevent his apprehension, trial, or punishment shall be punished as a military commission under this chapter may direct.

---

**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 111–84, div. A, title XVIII, § 1802, Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2607.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 950r, added , , , related to accessory after the fact, prior to the general amendment of this chapter by .