Midshipmen found deficient at any examination shall, unless the Academic Board recommends otherwise, be discharged from the Naval Academy and from the naval service.
Amendment history
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 433, § 6963; renumbered § 8463, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(c)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.) Historical and Revision Notes Revised section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) 6963 34 U.S.C. 1053. R.S. 1519; restored Oct. 22, 1921, ch. 113, § 2, 42 Stat. 207. Editorial Notes Amendments 2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 6963 of this title as this section. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries Effective Date of 2018 Amendment Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.