• Current through October 23, 2012

(a) A commissioned officer may be honorably discharged:

(1) Upon tender of resignation;

(2) Upon disbandment of the organization to which he belongs; or

(3) Upon report of a board of examination, or for failure to appear before such board when ordered.

(b) He may be dismissed upon the sentence of a court-martial, or conviction in a court of justice of an infamous offense.

(Mar. 1, 1889, 25 Stat. 775, ch. 328, § 24; Feb. 18, 1909, 35 Stat. 631, ch. 146, § 21; Apr. 20, 1999, D.C. Law 12-264, § 41(b), 46 DCR 2118.)

HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES

Prior Codifications

1981 Ed., § 39-313.

1973 Ed., § 39-214.

Legislative History of Laws

For legislative history of D.C. Law 12-264, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 49-402.