{"data":{"id":"us/10-u.s.c.-9452","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"10 U.S.C. § 9452","heading":"Cadets: hazing","body":"(a) Subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Air Force, 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 as a cadet, and is ineligible for appointment as a commissioned officer in a regular component of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps, or in the Space Force, until two years after the graduation of his class.","path":["Title 10—ARMED FORCES","CHAPTER 953—UNITED STATES AIR FORCE 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":"68a5ffc956b1274e2125cc8dc944a9aa058ef5eeeac16f8a9218cd29d7cd28f7","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/10-u.s.c.-9451","next":"us/10-u.s.c.-9453"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}