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title: "10 U.S.C. § 14518"
description: "Continuation of officers to complete disciplinary action"
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title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
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chapter_name: "FAILURE OF SELECTION FOR PROMOTION AND INVOLUNTARY SEPARATION"
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citation: "10 U.S.C. § 14518"
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# 10 U.S.C. § 14518 - Continuation of officers to complete disciplinary action

## Text

The Secretary concerned may delay the separation or retirement under this chapter of an officer against whom an action has been commenced with a view to trying the officer by court-martial. Any such delay may continue until the completion of the disciplinary action against the officer.

(Added Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title V, § 511(a), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 592.)