Uniform Code of Military Justice
The Uniform Code of Military Justice ( UCMJ ; German : "Uniform Code of Military Justice ") represents the military criminal law of the United States and thus the legal basis of American military justice. It came into force in 1950 and regulates which offenses are punishable and which types of court hearings there are.
The UCMJ consists of 159 articles (146 original and 13 added articles). In the collective US federal law, the United States Code , it is classified as follows: Title 10 (armed forces), Subtitle A (general military law), Part II (personal), Chapter 47 (UCMJ).
Outline of the Uniform Code of Military Justice
| Subsection | title | section | items |
| I. | General provisions | 801 to 806a | 1 to 6a |
| II | Arrest and Detention | 807 to 814 | 7 to 14 |
| III | Extrajudicial punishment | 815 | 15th |
| IV | Jurisdiction of the courts-martial | 816 to 821 | 16 to 21 |
| V | Establishment of courts-martial | 822 to 829 | 22 to 29 |
| VI | Pre-trial | 830 to 835 | 30 to 35 |
| VII | Litigation | 836 to 854 | 36 to 54 |
| VIII | Judgments | 855 to 858b | 55 to 58b |
| IX | Post-trial procedure and court martial review | 859 to 876b | 59 to 76b |
| X | Punishment Articles | 877 to 934 | 77 to 134 |
| XI | Various provisions | 935 to 940 | 135 to 140 |
| XII | Military Court of Appeal | 941 to 946 | 141 to 146 |
Section 802, Article 2 defines who is actually subject to the UCMJ. A distinction is made here between members of the regular armed forces , cadets , reservists, national guards, retirees, members of the National Oceanic Atmospheric Bureau ( NOAA ), the ambulance (EHS) and other organizations assigned to the armed forces or serving with them, prisoners of war and other prisoners in the Custody of the armed forces, coalition members, and other categories.
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The Uniform Code of Military Justice is the basis for the Judge Advocate General's Corps , a special form of military justice . The military law enforcement agencies of the US Army ( Criminal Investigation Command ) on the one hand and the US Navy and the US Marine Corps ( Naval Criminal Investigative Service ) on the other hand work on the basis of the UCMJ .
