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title: "14 U.S.C. § 2123"
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description: "Promotions; acceptance; oath of office"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 14
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title_name: "COAST GUARD"
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chapter_number: "21"
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chapter_name: "PERSONNEL; OFFICERS"
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section: "2123"
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citation: "14 U.S.C. § 2123"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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# 14 U.S.C. § 2123 - Promotions; acceptance; oath of office
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## Text
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(a) An officer who receives an appointment under section 2121 of this title is considered to have accepted his appointment on its effective date, unless he expressly declines the appointment.
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(b) An officer who has served continuously since he subscribed to the oath of office prescribed in section 3331 of title 5 is not required to take a new oath upon his appointment in a higher grade.
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(Added Pub. L. 88–130, § 1(10)(C), Sept. 24, 1963, 77 Stat. 182, § 273; amended Pub. L. 94–546, § 1(20), Oct. 18, 1976, 90 Stat. 2520; renumbered § 2123 and amended Pub. L. 115–282, title I, §§ 112(b), 123(b)(2), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4216, 4240.)
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## Notes
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Editorial Notes
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Amendments2018—Pub. L. 115–282, § 112(b), renumbered section 273 of this title as this section. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 115–282, § 123(b)(2), substituted “section 2121” for “section 271”. 1976—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 94–546 substituted reference to section 3331 of title 5 for reference to section 16 of title 5.
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