---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 8463"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "8463"
heading: "Midshipmen: discharge for deficiency"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/8463"
units:
  - "Subtitle C — Navy and Marine Corps"
  - "Part III — Education and Training"
  - "Chapter 853 — United States Naval Academy"
---

# §8463. Midshipmen: discharge for deficiency


Midshipmen found deficient at any examination shall, unless the Academic Board recommends otherwise, be discharged from the Naval Academy and from the naval service.


## Source credit

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 433, § 6963; renumbered § 8463, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(c)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 6963 | 34 U.S.C. 1053. | R.S. 1519; restored Oct. 22, 1921, ch. 113, § 2, 42 Stat. 207. |

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 6963 of this title as this section.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.