10-U.S.C.-12737

§12737 – Limitation On Active Duty

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Title 10 > Subtitle E > Part II > Chapter 1223 > Section 12737

Details

• Reference: Section 12737
• Legend: §12737 – Limitation On Active Duty
• USCode Year: 2013

Provision Content

A member of the armed forces may not be ordered to active duty solely for the purpose of qualifying the member for retired pay under this chapter.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 104, §1337; renumbered §12737 and amended Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, §1662(j)(1), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2998, 3003.)

10:1036h (1st sentence) and 34:440p (1st sentence) are omitted as surplusage. The words member of the armed forces are substituted for the word person, since only a member may be ordered to active duty.

Amendments

1994—Pub. L. 103–337 renumbered section 1337 of this title as this section and amended text generally, substituting the member for him.

Effective Date of 1994 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 103–337 effective Dec. 1, 1994, except as otherwise provided, see section 1691 of Pub. L. 103–337, set out as an Effective Date note under section 10001 of this title.

U.S. Encyclopedia of Law Coverage

10-U.S.C.-12683 in the Legal Encyclopedia: Army Reserve

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10-U.S.C.-12682 in the Legal Encyclopedia: Army Reserve Personnel

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