10 USC 887b - Art. 87b. Offenses against correctional custody and restriction

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§ 887b.

Art. 87b. Offenses against correctional custody and restriction

(a)

Escape From Correctional Custody.—

Any person subject to this chapter—

(1)

who is placed in correctional custody by a person authorized to do so;

(2)

who, while in correctional custody, is under physical restraint; and

(3)

who escapes from the physical restraint before being released from the physical restraint by proper authority;

shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

(b)

Breach of Correctional Custody.—

Any person subject to this chapter—

(1)

who is placed in correctional custody by a person authorized to do so;

(2)

who, while in correctional custody, is under restraint other than physical restraint; and

(3)

who goes beyond the limits of the restraint before being released from the correctional custody or relieved of the restraint by proper authority;

shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

(c)

Breach of Restriction.—

Any person subject to this chapter—

(1)

who is ordered to be restricted to certain limits by a person authorized to do so; and

(2)

who, with knowledge of the limits of the restriction, goes beyond those limits before being released by proper authority;

shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

(Added Pub. L. 114–328, div. E, title LX, § 5407, Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2941.)

cite as: 10 USC 887b