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# 10 U.S.C. § 8463 - Midshipmen: discharge for deficiency

## Text

Midshipmen found deficient at any examination shall, unless the Academic Board recommends otherwise, be discharged from the Naval Academy and from the naval service.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 433, § 6963; renumbered § 8463, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(c)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 696334 U.S.C. 1053.R.S. 1519; restored Oct. 22, 1921, ch. 113, § 2, 42 Stat. 207.

Editorial Notes

Amendments2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 6963 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.