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2022 Amendments to the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States

SignedJanuary 26, 2022
EO 14062·Joe Biden·Military Justice
Why This Matters

This executive order amends the Manual for Courts-Martial to update procedures and regulations governing military justice. The changes are effective immediately and clarify the handling of ongoing cases.

The amendments aim to improve the efficiency and clarity of military judicial processes.
Service members and military legal personnel are most affected by these changes.
Summary

1. Amends Parts II and IV of the Manual for Courts-Martial. 2. Clarifies that the amendments do not apply retroactively to actions taken before the order. 3. Ensures ongoing legal proceedings can continue unaffected by the new amendments.

Who is affected?

Service members and military legal personnel are most affected by these changes.

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Executive Order 14062 of January 26, 2022

2022 Amendments to the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including chapter 47 of title 10, United States Code (Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. 801-946a), and in order to prescribe amendments to the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States, prescribed by Executive Order 12473 of April 13, 1984, as amended, it is hereby ordered as follows:

Section 1. Parts II and IV of the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States, are amended as described in the Annex attached to and made a part of this order.

Sec. 2. These amendments shall take effect as of the date of this order, subject to the following:

(a) Nothing in these amendments shall be construed to make punishable any act done or omitted prior to the date of this order that was not punishable when done or omitted.

(b) Nothing in these amendments shall be construed to invalidate any nonjudicial punishment proceeding, restraint, investigation, referral of charges, trial in which arraignment occurred, or other action begun prior to the date of this order, and any such nonjudicial punishment, restraint, investigation, referral of charges, trial, or other action may proceed in the same manner and with the same effect as if these amendments had not been prescribed.

Billing code 3395-F2-P

[FR Doc. 2022-02027

Filed 1-28-22; 8:45 am]

Billing code 5001-06-C

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