North Carolina § 127A-53 - Manual for Courts-Martial.
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§ 127A-53. Manual for Courts-Martial.
Trials and proceedings by all courts and boards shall be in accordance with the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States, as shall be currently in use by the Armed Forces of the United States, except as modified by this Chapter. History (1917, c. 200, s. 64; C.S., s. 6831; 1957, c. 136, s. 14; 1975, c. 604, s. 2; 1983, c. 316, s. 3; 2010-193, s. 8; 2011-195, s. 1(a).) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2010-193, s. 23, provides: "Prosecutions for offenses committed before the effective date of this act are not abated or affected by this act, and the statutes that would be applicable but for this act remain applicable to those prosecutions." The Act became effective December 1, 2010. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2010-193, s. 8, effective December 1, 2010, and applicable to offenses committed on or after that date, deleted "plans and procedures laid down in the" preceding "Manual for Courts-Martial." Session Laws 2011-195, s. 1(a), effective June 23, 2011, substituted "Armed Forces" for "armed forces."
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