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Raw OLRC USLM XML zips @ release 119-100 (retrieved 2026-07-04 via Atlas depot), ingested with the standard pipeline: raw snapshot -> per-section OKF markdown -> manifest + checksums. Title 52 untouched. LegalText: 171 -> 11,221. Titles 12-54 await a clean OLRC retry. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "LegalText"
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title: "10 U.S.C. § 855"
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description: "Art. 55. Cruel and unusual punishments prohibited"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 10
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title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
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chapter_number: "47"
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chapter_name: "UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE"
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section: "855"
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citation: "10 U.S.C. § 855"
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status: "current"
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release_point: "119-100"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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# 10 U.S.C. § 855 - Art. 55. Cruel and unusual punishments prohibited
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## Text
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Punishment by flogging, or by branding, marking, or tattooing on the body, or any other cruel or unusual punishment, may not be adjudged by any court-martial or inflicted upon any person subject to this chapter. The use of irons, single or double, except for the purpose of safe custody, is prohibited.
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(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 56.)
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## Notes
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Historical and Revision Notes Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 85550:636.May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1 (Art. 55), 64 Stat. 126. The word “may” is substituted for the word “shall”.
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