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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 6964. Hazing: definition; prohibition
(a) In this chapter, the term "hazing" means any unauthorized
assumption of authority by a midshipman whereby another midshipman
suffers or is exposed to any cruelty, indignity, humiliation,
hardship, or oppression, or the deprivation or abridgement of any
right.
(b) The Superintendent of the Naval Academy shall prescribe
regulations, to be approved by the Secretary of the Navy, to
prevent hazing.
(c) Hazing is an offense that may be dealt with as an offense
against good order and discipline or as a violation of the
regulations of the Naval Academy. However, no midshipman may be
dismissed for a single act of hazing except by sentence of a
court-martial.
(d) The finding and sentence of a court-martial of a midshipman
for hazing shall be reviewed in the manner prescribed for general
court-martial cases.
(e) A midshipman who is sentenced to imprisonment for hazing may
not be confined with persons who have been convicted of crimes or
misdemeanors.
(f) A midshipman who is dismissed from the Academy for hazing may
not be reappointed as a midshipman or be appointed as a
commissioned officer in the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps
until two years after the graduation of the class of which he was a
member.
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