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title: "10 U.S.C. § 808"
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# 10 U.S.C. § 808 - Art. 8. Apprehension of deserters
## Text
Any civil officer having authority to apprehend offenders under the laws of the United States or of a State, Commonwealth, possession, or the District of Columbia may summarily apprehend a deserter from the armed forces and deliver him into the custody of those forces.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 40; Pub. L. 109163, div. A, title X, § 1057(a)(4), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3440.)
## Notes
Historical and Revision Notes Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 80850:562.May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1 (Art. 8), 64 Stat. 111. The word “may” is substituted for the words “It shall be lawful for * * * to”. The words “a State, Territory, Commonwealth, or possession, or the District of Columbia” are substituted for the words “any State, District, Territory, or possession of the United States”. The words “of the United States”, before the words “and deliver”, are omitted as surplusage. The words “those forces” are substituted for the words “the armed forces of the United States”, after the words “custody of”.
Editorial Notes
Amendments2006—Pub. L. 109163 substituted “Commonwealth, possession,” for “Territory, Commonwealth, or possession,”.