Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 10 : Section 6958


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 6958. Midshipmen: qualifications for admission

      (a) Each candidate for admission to the Naval Academy - 
        (1) must be at least 17 years of age and must not have passed
      his twenty-third birthday on July 1 of the calendar year in which
      he enters the Academy; and
        (2) shall be examined according to such regulations as the
      Secretary of the Navy prescribes, and if rejected at one
      examination may not be examined again for admission to the same
      class unless recommended by the Academic Board.

      (b) Each candidate for admission nominated under clauses (3)
    through (9) of section 6954(a) of this title must be domiciled in
    the State, or in the congressional district, from which he is
    nominated, or in the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, American
    Samoa, Guam, or the Virgin Islands, if nominated from one of those
    places.
      (c) Each candidate nominated under clause (2) or (3) of section
    6954(b) of this title - 
        (1) must be a citizen of the United States;
        (2) must have passed the required physical examination; and
        (3) shall be appointed in the order of merit from candidates
      who have, in competition with each other, passed the required
      mental examination.

      (d) To be admitted to the Naval Academy, an appointee must take
    and subscribe to an oath prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy.
    If a candidate for admission refuses to take and subscribe to the
    prescribed oath, the candidate's appointment is terminated.



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