U.S. Code, Title 10, Armed Forces

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Author: "U.S. Congress, Office of the Law Revision Counsel"

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§ 955. Prisoners Transferred to or from Foreign Countries

     (a) When a treaty is in effect between the United States and a foreign country providing for the transfer of convicted offenders, the Secretary concerned may, with the concurrence of the Attorney General, transfer to such foreign country any offender against chapter 47 of this title. Such transfer shall be effected subject to the terms of such treaty and chapter 306 of title 18.

     (b) Whenever the United States is party to an agreement on the status of forces under which the United States may request that it take custody of a prisoner belonging to its armed forces who is confined by order of a foreign court, the Secretary concerned may provide for the carrying out of the terms of such confinement in a military correctional facility of his department or in any penal or correctional institution under the control of the United States or which the United States may be allowed to use. Except as otherwise specified in such agreement, such person shall be treated as if he were an offender against chapter 47 of this title.

(Added Pub. L. 95–144, § 4, Oct. 28, 1977, 91 Stat. 1221; amended Pub. L. 96–513, title V, § 511(28), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2922.)

Amendments

     1980—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96–513 substituted "such" for "said" in two places, "Such" for "Said", and struck out ", United States Code" after "18".

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.

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Chicago: "U.S. Congress, Office of the Law Revision Counsel", "§ 955. Prisoners Transferred to or from Foreign Countries," U.S. Code, Title 10, Armed Forces in U.S. Code, Title 10, Armed Forces (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 2002), Original Sources, accessed March 29, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=KR3NDCRKPY58ZG8.

MLA: "U.S. Congress, Office of the Law Revision Counsel". "§ 955. Prisoners Transferred to or from Foreign Countries." U.S. Code, Title 10, Armed Forces, in U.S. Code, Title 10, Armed Forces, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 2002, Original Sources. 29 Mar. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=KR3NDCRKPY58ZG8.

Harvard: "U.S. Congress, Office of the Law Revision Counsel", '§ 955. Prisoners Transferred to or from Foreign Countries' in U.S. Code, Title 10, Armed Forces. cited in 2002, U.S. Code, Title 10, Armed Forces, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.. Original Sources, retrieved 29 March 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=KR3NDCRKPY58ZG8.