10 USC § 8898 - Restricted certificate

---
identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s8898"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "10 USC § 8898 - Restricted certificate"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "8898"
section_name: "Restricted certificate"
chapter_number: 885
chapter_name: "STAY OF JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS"
part_number: "IV"
part_name: "GENERAL ADMINISTRATION"
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. 485, § 7728; renumbered § 8898, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(10), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1837.)"
---


# § 8898. Restricted certificate

The Secretary of the Navy may restrict a certificate issued under this chapter so that it stays only the taking of testimony of certain witnesses or the production of evidence on certain subjects. The proceedings not stayed may continue.

---

**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 485, § 7728; renumbered § 8898, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(10), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1837.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 7728 | 46 U.S.C. 794 (10th sentence). | July 3, 1944, ch. 399, § 4 (10th sentence), 58 Stat. 724. |

The words “The Secretary of the Navy may restrict a certificate” are substituted for the words “Any certificate * * * by the Secretary of the Navy * * * may, in his discretion, be restricted.” The words “the production of” are inserted for clarity. The words “in which event” are omitted as surplusage.

## 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 .