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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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title: "10 U.S.C. § 896"
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description: "Art. 96. Release of prisoner without authority; drinking with prisoner"
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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: "896"
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# 10 U.S.C. § 896 - Art. 96. Release of prisoner without authority; drinking with prisoner
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## Text
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(a) Release of Prisoner Without Authority.— Any person subject to this chapter—
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(1) who, without authority to do so, releases a prisoner; or
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(2) who, through neglect or design, allows a prisoner to escape;
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shall be punished as a court-martial may direct, whether or not the prisoner was committed in strict compliance with the law.
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(b) Drinking With Prisoner.— Any person subject to this chapter who unlawfully drinks any alcoholic beverage with a prisoner shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
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(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 69; Pub. L. 114–328, div. E, title LX, § 5413, Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2944.)
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## Notes
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Historical and Revision Notes Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 89650:690.May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1 (Art. 96), 64 Stat. 136. The words “whether or not the prisoner was committed in strict compliance with law” are substituted for the word “duly”, to reflect the long standing construction expressed in the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States, 1951, par. 175a.
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Editorial Notes
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Amendments2016—Pub. L. 114–328 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “Any person subject to this chapter who, without proper authority, releases any prisoner committed to his charge, or who through neglect or design suffers any such prisoner to escape, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct, whether or not the prisoner was committed in strict compliance with law.”
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
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Effective Date of 2016 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 114–328 effective on Jan. 1, 2019, as designated by the President, with implementing regulations and provisions relating to applicability to various situations, see section 5542 of Pub. L. 114–328 and Ex. Ord. No. 13825, set out as notes under section 801 of this title.
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