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# 10 U.S.C. § 7239 - Enlisted members: officers not to use as servants

## Text

No officer of the Army may use an enlisted member of the Army as a servant.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 208, § 3639; renumbered § 7239, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(b)(8), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1838.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 363910:608.R.S. 1232. The words “in any case whatever” are omitted as surplusage.

Editorial Notes

Amendments2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 3639 of this title as this section.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.