10 USC 925: Art. 125. Kidnapping
Result 1 of 1
   
 
<< Previous   TITLE 10 / Subtitle A / PART II / CHAPTER 47 / SUBCHAPTER X / § 925   Next >>
 
10 USC 925: Art. 125. Kidnapping Text contains those laws in effect on May 1, 2024
From Title 10-ARMED FORCESSubtitle A-General Military LawPART II-PERSONNELCHAPTER 47-UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICESUBCHAPTER X-PUNITIVE ARTICLES
Jump To: Source CreditMiscellaneousAmendmentsEffective Date

§925. Art. 125. Kidnapping

Any person subject to this chapter who wrongfully-

(1) seizes, confines, inveigles, decoys, or carries away another person; and

(2) holds the other person against that person's will;


shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 74 ; Pub. L. 113–66, div. A, title XVII, §1707(a), Dec. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 961 ; Pub. L. 113–291, div. A, title V, §531(d)(1), Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3364 ; Pub. L. 114–328, div. E, title LX, §5439, Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2953 .)

Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
925(a)

925(b)

50:719(a).

50:719(b).

May 5, 1950, ch. 169, §1 (Art. 125), 64 Stat. 141 .

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2016-Pub. L. 114–328 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section related to the offenses of forcible sodomy and bestiality.

2014-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 113–291 substituted "unlawful force" for "force".

2013-Pub. L. 113–66 amended section catchline and text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows:

"(a) Any person subject to this chapter who engages in unnatural carnal copulation with another person of the same or opposite sex or with an animal is guilty of sodomy. Penetration, however slight, is sufficient to complete the offense.

"(b) Any person found guilty of sodomy shall be punished as a court-martial may direct."


Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2016 Amendment

Amendment 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.