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[CITE: 10USC888]

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                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
              CHAPTER 47--UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE
 
                     SUBCHAPTER X--PUNITIVE ARTICLES

 
Sec. 888. Art. 88. Contempt toward officials

    Any commissioned officer who uses contemptuous words against the 
President, the Vice President, Congress, the Secretary of Defense, the 
Secretary of a military department, the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
or the Governor or legislature of any State, Commonwealth, or possession 
in which he is on duty or present shall be punished as a court-martial 
may direct.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 67; Pub. L. 96-513, title V, 
Sec. 511(25), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2922; Pub. L. 107-296, title XVII, 
Sec. 1704(b)(1), Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2314; Pub. L. 109-163, div. A, 
title X, Sec. 1057(a)(3), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3440.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)               Source (Statutes at Large)
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888...................................  50:682.                              May 5, 1950, ch. 169, Sec.  1 (Art.
                                                                              88), 64 Stat. 135.
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    The word ``commissioned'' is inserted for clarity. The words ``the 
Vice President, Congress, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of a 
military department, the Secretary of the Treasury, or the Governor or 
legislature of any State, Territory, Commonwealth, or possession'' are 
substituted for the words ``Vice President, Congress, Secretary of 
Defense, or a Secretary of a Department, a Governor or a legislature of 
any State, Territory, or other possession of the United States''.


                               Amendments

    2006--Pub. L. 109-163 struck out ``Territory,'' after ``State,''.
    2002--Pub. L. 107-296 substituted ``Secretary of Homeland Security'' 
for ``Secretary of Transportation''.
    1980--Pub. L. 96-513 substituted ``Secretary of Transportation'' for 
``Secretary of the Treasury''.


                    Effective Date of 2002 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 107-296 effective on the date of transfer of 
the Coast Guard to the Department of Homeland Security, see section 
1704(g) of Pub. L. 107-296, set out as a note under section 101 of this 
title.


                    Effective Date of 1980 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 96-513 effective Dec. 12, 1980, see section 
701(b)(3) of Pub. L. 96-513, set out as a note under section 101 of this 
title.