38-U.S.C.-5501

§5501 – Commitment Actions

Pathway

Title 38 > Part IV > Chapter 55 > Section 5501

Details

• Reference: Section 5501
• Legend: §5501 – Commitment Actions
• USCode Year: 2013

Provision Content

The Secretary may incur necessary court costs and other expenses incident to proceedings for the commitment of mentally incompetent veterans to a Department hospital or domiciliary when necessary for treatment or domiciliary purposes.

(Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1232, §3201; renumbered §5501, Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, §402(b)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238; amended Pub. L. 102–83, §4(a)(3), (4), (b)(1), (2)(E), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404, 405.)

Amendments

1991—Pub. L. 102–40 renumbered section 3201 of this title as this section.

Pub. L. 102–83, §4(b)(1), (2)(E), substituted Secretary for Administrator.

Pub. L. 102–83, §4(a)(3), (4), substituted Department for Veterans’ Administration.

U.S. Encyclopedia of Law Coverage

38-U.S.C.-5313A in the Legal Encyclopedia: Veterans

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Chapter 55 – Minors, Incompetents, and Other Wards in the Legal Encyclopedia: Benefits

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38-U.S.C.-5317A in the Legal Encyclopedia: Administrative Provisions

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