---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 877"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "877"
heading: "Art. 77. Principals"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/877"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part II — Personnel"
  - "Chapter 47 — Uniform Code of Military Justice"
  - "Subchapter X — Punitive Articles"
---

# §877. Art. 77. Principals


Any [person](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) punishable under this chapter who—

- (1) commits an offense punishable by this chapter, or aids, abets, counsels, commands, or procures its commission; or
- (2) causes an act to be done which if directly performed by him would be punishable by this chapter;

is a principal.


## Source credit

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 65.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 877 | 50:671. | May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1 (Art. 77), 64 Stat. 134. |