10-U.S.C.-8547

§8547 – Duties: Chaplains; Assistance Required of Commanding officers

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• Reference: Section 8547
• Legend: §8547 – Duties: Chaplains; Assistance Required of Commanding officers
• USCode Year: 2013

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(a) Each chaplain shall, when practicable, hold appropriate religious services at least once on each Sunday for the command to which he is assigned, and shall perform appropriate religious burial services for members of the Air Force who die while in that command.

(b) Each commanding officer shall furnish facilities, including necessary transportation, to any chaplain assigned to his command, to assist the chaplain in performing his duties.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 528.)

In subsection (a), the words members of the Air Force are substituted for the words officers and soldiers.

In subsection (b), the words regiments, hospitals, and posts, in 10:239, are omitted, since at the time of the enactment of section 1127 of the Revised Statutes, chaplains were authorized only for regiments, hospitals, and posts. The revised section preserves the broad coverage of the original statute. The words each commanding officer shall are substituted for the words It shall be the duty of commanders, in 10:239. The word furnish is substituted for the words to afford, in 10:239. The words including necessary transportation are substituted for the last sentence of section 12 of the Act of February 2, 1901, ch. 192, 31 Stat. 750. The words his command are substituted for the words the same, in 10:239. The words to assist are substituted for the words as may aid them, in 10:239.

U.S. Encyclopedia of Law Coverage

10-U.S.C.-8491 in the Legal Encyclopedia: Air Force

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10-U.S.C.-8503 in the Legal Encyclopedia: Air Force Personnel

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