{"data":{"id":"us/10-u.s.c.-639","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"10 U.S.C. § 639","heading":"Continuation on active duty to complete disciplinary action","body":"When any action has been commenced against an officer with a view to trying such officer by court-martial and such officer is to be separated or retired in accordance with this chapter, the Secretary of the military department concerned may delay the separation or retirement of the officer, without prejudice to such action, until the completion of the action.","path":["Title 10—ARMED FORCES","CHAPTER 36—PROMOTION, SEPARATION, AND INVOLUNTARY RETIREMENT OF OFFICERS ON THE ACTIVE-DUTY LIST"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc10@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:56:10Z","sha256":"d9d52ce183880464dcfc3967fbe8957d7a33dedaad9410846361986aa6979018","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/10-u.s.c.-638b","next":"us/10-u.s.c.-640"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}