10 USC § 8614 - Apprehension of deserters and prisoners; operation of shore patrols

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title: "10 USC § 8614 - Apprehension of deserters and prisoners; operation of shore patrols"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "8614"
section_name: "Apprehension of deserters and prisoners; operation of shore patrols"
chapter_number: 861
chapter_name: "SECRETARY OF THE NAVY: MISCELLANEOUS POWERS AND DUTIES"
part_number: "IV"
part_name: "GENERAL ADMINISTRATION"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 445, § 7214; renumbered § 8614, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)"
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# § 8614. Apprehension of deserters and prisoners; operation of shore patrols

**(a)** The Secretary of the Navy may make such expenditures out of available appropriations as he considers necessary to—

**(1)** apprehend and deliver deserters, stragglers, and prisoners; and

**(2)** operate shore patrols.

**(b)** The Secretary, to the extent he considers proper, may delegate the authority conferred by this section to any person in the Department of the Navy, with or without the authority to make successive redelegations.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 445, § 7214; renumbered § 8614, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 7214 | 34 U.S.C. 606. | Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 756, § 22, 60 Stat. 856. |
|  | 5 U.S.C. 421g(d). | Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 756, § 40(d), 60 Stat. 858. |
|  | 5 U.S.C. 412a. | Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 756, § 39, 60 Stat. 858. |

In subsection (a) the word “naval” is omitted as surplusage.

In subsection (b) the words “except the authority to prescribe regulations” are omitted, since  contains no authority for the Secretary of the Navy to prescribe regulations for the administration of that section.

## 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 .