10 USC § 8167 - Requirement of exemplary conduct

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title: "10 USC § 8167 - Requirement of exemplary conduct"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "8167"
section_name: "Requirement of exemplary conduct"
chapter_number: 821
chapter_name: "OFFICERS IN COMMAND"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "PERSONNEL"
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source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 372, § 5947; renumbered § 8167, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(b)(5), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1834.)"
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# § 8167. Requirement of exemplary conduct

All commanding officers and others in authority in the naval service are required to show in themselves a good example of virtue, honor, patriotism, and subordination; to be vigilant in inspecting the conduct of all persons who are placed under their command; to guard against and suppress all dissolute and immoral practices, and to correct, according to the laws and regulations of the Navy, all persons who are guilty of them; and to take all necessary and proper measures, under the laws, regulations, and customs of the naval service, to promote and safeguard the morale, the physical well-being, and the general welfare of the officers and enlisted persons under their command or charge.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 372, § 5947; renumbered § 8167, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(b)(5), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1834.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 5947 | 34 U.S.C. 265. | May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 7(c), 64 Stat. 146. |

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see , set out as a note preceding .