---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 821"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "821"
heading: "Art. 21. Jurisdiction of courts-martial not exclusive"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/821"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part II — Personnel"
  - "Chapter 47 — Uniform Code of Military Justice"
  - "Subchapter IV — Court-Martial Jurisdiction"
---

# §821. Art. 21. Jurisdiction of courts-martial not exclusive


The provisions of this chapter conferring jurisdiction upon courts-martial do not deprive [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) commissions, provost courts, or other [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) tribunals of concurrent jurisdiction with respect to offenders or offenses that by statute or by the law of war may be tried by [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) commissions, provost courts, or other [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) tribunals. This section does not apply to a [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) commission established under [chapter 47A](/usc/10/chstA/ptII/ch47A.md) of this title.


## Source credit

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 44; Pub. L. 109–366, § 4(a)(2), Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2631.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 821 | 50:581. | May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1 (Art. 21), 64 Stat. 115. |

The words “do not deprive” are substituted for the words “shall not be construed as depriving”. The words “with respect to” are substituted for the words “in respect of”.

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2006—Pub. L. 109–366 inserted last sentence.