{"data":{"id":"us/10-u.s.c.-7452","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"10 U.S.C. § 7452","heading":"Cadets: hazing","body":"(a) Subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Army, the Superintendent of the Academy shall issue regulations—(1) defining hazing; (2) designed to prevent that practice; and (3) prescribing dismissal, suspension, or other adequate punishment for violations. (b) If a cadet who is charged with violating a regulation issued under subsection (a), the penalty for which is or may be dismissal from the Academy, requests in writing a trial by a general court-martial, he may not be dismissed for that offense except under sentence of such a court. (c) A cadet dismissed from the Academy for hazing may not be reappointed to the Corps of Cadets, and is ineligible for appointment as a commissioned officer in a regular component of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Space Force, until two years after the graduation of his class.","path":["Title 10—ARMED FORCES","CHAPTER 753—UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY"],"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":"c40739aa8535354a17eae2423be8ac81dc786e19cc2e666e6fb7de742dfbedd2","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/10-u.s.c.-7451","next":"us/10-u.s.c.-7453"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}