Us Code § 887b - Art. 87b. Offenses against correctional custody and restriction
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§ 887b. Art. 87b. Offenses against correctional custody and restriction
(a)
(1) who is placed in correctional custody by a person authorized to do so;
(2) who, while in correctional custody, is under physical restraint; and
(3) who escapes from the physical restraint before being released from the physical restraint by proper authority;
shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
(b)
(1) who is placed in correctional custody by a person authorized to do so;
(2) who, while in correctional custody, is under restraint other than physical restraint; and
(3) who goes beyond the limits of the restraint before being released from the correctional custody or relieved of the restraint by proper authority;
shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
(c)
(1) who is ordered to be restricted to certain limits by a person authorized to do so; and
(2) who, with knowledge of the limits of the restriction, goes beyond those limits before being released by proper authority;
shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
(Added Pub. L. 114–328, div. E, title LX, §5407, Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2941.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective on Jan. 1, 2019, as designated by the President, with implementing regulations and provisions relating to applicability to various situations, see section 5542 of Pub. L. 114–328 and Ex. Ord. No. 13825, set out as notes under section 801 of this title.
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