{"identifier":"/us/usc/t10/s855","title_num":"10","num":"§ 855.","heading":"Art. 55. Cruel and unusual punishments prohibited","status":null,"guid":"id7440e8af-be3e-11e7-a11f-992fcdfc0570","source_credit":"(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 56.)","seq_in_title":529,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t10/stA/ptII/ch47/schVIII","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t10","level":"title","num":"Title 10—","heading":"ARMED FORCES","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t10/stA","level":"subtitle","num":"Subtitle A—","heading":"General Military Law","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t10/stA/ptII","level":"part","num":"PART II—","heading":"PERSONNEL","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t10/stA/ptII/ch47","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 47—","heading":"UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t10/stA/ptII/ch47/schVIII","level":"subchapter","num":"SUBCHAPTER VIII—","heading":"SENTENCES","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<section xmlns=\"http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" xmlns:dcterms=\"http://purl.org/dc/terms/\" style=\"-uslm-lc:I80\" id=\"id8324f8b1-ec38-11e5-a7c9-8f2c075e98f6\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t10/s855\"><num value=\"855\">§ 855.</num><heading> Art. 55. Cruel and unusual punishments prohibited</heading><content>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">Punishment by flogging, or by branding, marking, or tattooing on the body, or any other cruel or unusual punishment, may not be adjudged by any court-martial or inflicted upon any person subject to this chapter. The use of irons, single or double, except for the purpose of safe custody, is prohibited.</p>\n</content><sourceCredit id=\"id8324f8b2-ec38-11e5-a7c9-8f2c075e98f6\">(<ref href=\"/us/act/1956-08-10/ch1041\">Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041</ref>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/70A/56\">70A Stat. 56</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n<notes type=\"uscNote\" id=\"id8324f8b3-ec38-11e5-a7c9-8f2c075e98f6\">\n<note topic=\"historicalAndRevision\" id=\"id8324f8b4-ec38-11e5-a7c9-8f2c075e98f6\">\n<table xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\" class=\"HNR\" width=\"50%\" style=\"border-collapse:collapse;  border-bottom:1px solid black; -uslm-lc: c3,L2,tp7,s10,xls80,xs80,tp7,s10,xls80,xs80; \">\n<colgroup>\n<col style=\"min-width: 38pt;\"/>\n<col style=\"width:84pt ; max-width:84pt;\"/>\n<col style=\"width:84pt ; max-width:84pt;\"/>\n</colgroup>\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"title\" style=\"font-size:7pt; border-bottom:1px solid black; -uslm-lc:I95;\">\n<th colspan=\"3\">\n<p style=\"\"><span style=\"font-variant:small-caps\">Historical and Revision Notes</span></p></th>\n</tr>\n<tr class=\"header\" style=\"font-size:6pt; border-bottom:1px solid black;  border-top:1px solid black; -uslm-lc:h1;\">\n<th style=\"min-width: 38.0pt; text-align:center; vertical-align:middle; border-right:1px solid black;\"><p style=\" text-align:center;\"><i>Revised section</i></p></th><th style=\"width:84.0pt ; max-width:84.0pt; text-align:center; vertical-align:middle; border-right:1px solid black; border-left:1px solid black;\"><p style=\" text-align:center;\"><i>Source (U.S. Code)</i></p></th><th style=\"width:84.0pt ; max-width:84.0pt; text-align:center; vertical-align:middle; border-left:1px solid black;\"><p style=\" text-align:center;\"><i>Source (Statutes at Large)</i></p></th></tr>\n</thead>\n<tbody style=\"line-height:7pt; font-size:6pt;\">\n<tr style=\"border-top:1px solid black; -uslm-lc:I01;\"><td style=\" text-align:left; vertical-align:top; border-right:1px solid black; padding-right:2pt;\"><p style=\" text-align:left; text-indent: -1em; padding-left:1em;\" class=\"leaders\"><span>855</span></p></td><td style=\" text-align:left; vertical-align:top; border-right:1px solid black; border-left:1px solid black; padding-right:2pt; padding-left: 2pt;\"><p style=\" text-align:left; text-indent: -1em; padding-left:1em;\">50:636.</p></td><td style=\" text-align:left; vertical-align:top; border-left:1px solid black; padding-left: 2pt;\"><p style=\" text-align:left; text-indent: -1em; padding-left:1em;\"><a href=\"/us/act/1950-05-05/ch169\">May 5, 1950, ch. 169</a>, § 1 (Art. 55), <a href=\"/us/stat/64/126\">64 Stat. 126</a>.</p></td></tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">The word “may” is substituted for the word “shall”.</p>\n</note>\n</notes>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"115-73","currency_date":"2017-10-26","congress":115,"law_num":73,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":117,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["05","10","11","22","28","38"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"115-73","currency_date":"2017-10-26","congress":115,"law_num":73,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":117,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["05","10","11","22","28","38"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"114-115","currency_date":"2015-12-28","congress":114,"law_num":115,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":62,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["02","07","08","10","15","20","21","23","25","26","29","31","40","42","47","49","50"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}