Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 10 : Section 6031


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 6031. Chaplains: divine services

      (a) An officer in the Chaplain Corps may conduct public worship
    according to the manner and forms of the church of which he is a
    member.
      (b) The commanders of vessels and naval activities to which
    chaplains are attached shall cause divine service to be performed
    on Sunday, whenever the weather and other circumstances allow it to
    be done; and it is earnestly recommended to all officers, seamen,
    and others in the naval service diligently to attend at every
    performance of the worship of Almighty God.
      (c) All persons in the Navy and in the Marine Corps are enjoined
    to behave themselves in a reverent and becoming manner during
    divine service.



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