10 U.S.C. § 898 : Armed Forces — General Military Law — Uniform Code Of Military Justice — Punitive Articles — Personnel — Art. 98. Noncompliance With Procedural Rules

Any person subject to this chapter who—

(1) is responsible for unnecessary delay in the disposition of any case of a person accused of an offense under this chapter; or

(2) knowingly and intentionally fails to enforce or comply with any provision of this chapter regulating the proceedings before, during, or after trial of an accused;

shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 69.)


Transfer of Section

Pub. L. 114–328, div. E, title LX, § 5401(3), (6), title LXIII, § 5542, Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2938, 2967, provided that, effective on the date designated by the President, not later than the first day of the first calendar month beginning two years after Dec. 23, 2016, with implementing regulations prescribed by the President not later than one year after Dec. 23, 2016, and with provisions relating to applicability to various situations, this section is redesignated and transferred to become section 931f of this title (article 131f), and section 905 of this title (article 105) is redesignated and transferred to become this section. See Amendment of Analysis and Subchapter note preceding section 877 of this title.

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised section

Source (U.S. Code)

Source (Statutes at Large)

898

50:692.

May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1 (Art. 98), 64 Stat. 137.


Effective Date of 2016 Amendment

Transfers by Pub. L. 114–328 effective on the date designated by the President, not later than the first day of the first calendar month beginning two years after Dec. 23, 2016, with implementing regulations prescribed by the President not later than one year after Dec. 23, 2016, and with provisions relating to applicability to various situations, see section 5542 of Pub. L. 114–328, set out as a note under section 801 of this title.


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