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72 Stat. 1495.
PUBLIC LAW 90-179-DEC. 8, 1967
[81 STAT.
(3) The following new section is added after section 5587: "§ 5587a. Regular Marine Corps: judge advocates (a) With the approval of the Secretary of the Navy, any officer on the active list of the Marine Corps who is qualified under section 827(b) of this title may, upon his application, be designated as a judge advocate. " (b) For the purposes of determining lineal position, permanent grade, seniority in permanent grade, and eligibility for promotion, a person appointed to the active list of the Marine Corps with a view to designation as a judge advocate may be credited with the amount of service prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy, but not more than three years." (4) Section 5600(b) Is amended— (A) by adding at the end of clause (1) the words " (D) Judge Advocate General's Corps—3 years;"; (B) by striking out clause (2); and (C) by renumbering clause (3) as clause (2). (5) The following new items are inserted in the analysis: "5578a. Regular Navy: Judge Advocate General's Corps." "5587a. Regular Marine Corps: judge advocates."
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76 Stat. 454.
SEC. 6. Section 5762 of title 10, United States Code, is amended as follows: (1) Section 5762(d) is amended by inserting the words "Judge Advocate General's Corps," after the words "Medical Corps,". (2) The following new subsection is added at the end: " (f) The Secretary shall furnish the appropriate selection board convened under chapter 543 of this title with the number of officers that may be recommended for promotion to the grade of captain or commander in the Judge Advocate General's Corps. This number, determined by the Secretary as of the date the selection board is convened— "(1) may not exceed the total number of officers of the Judge Advocate General's Corps in the promotion zone for the grade concerned; and " (2) may not be less than the product of the number of officers of the Judge Advocate General's Corps in the promotion zone and a fraction, of which the numerator is the number of male line officers, not restricted in the performance of duty, placed upon the promotion list pursuant to the report of the comparable board for the selection of line officers convened in the same fiscal year, and the denominator is the number of male line officers, not restricted in the performance of duty, in the promotion zone considered by that board." g^c. 7. Section 202 of title 37, United States Code, is amended as follows: (1) Subsection (g) is amended by inserting the words "or as Deputy Judge Advocate General of the Navy,'" after the word "Navy"', (2) Subsection (h) is amended— (A) by striking out "or" at the end of clause (6); (B) by redesignating clause (7) as clause (8); and (C) by adding immediately after clause (6) a new clause as follows: " (7) Deputy Judge Advocate General of the Navy; or. (3) Subsection (i) is amended by striking out clause (3) thereof and by renumbering clauses (4) and (5) as clauses (3) and (4), respectively. (4) The following new subsection is added at the end: "(k) Unless appointed to a higher grade under another provision
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