---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 948q"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "948q"
heading: "Charges and specifications"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/948q"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part II — Personnel"
  - "Chapter 47A — Military Commissions"
  - "Subchapter III — Pre-Trial Procedure"
---

# §948q. Charges and specifications

- (a) **Charges and Specifications.—** Charges and specifications against an accused in a [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) commission under this chapter shall be signed by a [person](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) subject to [chapter 47](/usc/10/chstA/ptII/ch47.md) of this title under oath before a [commissioned officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-2) of the [armed forces](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-4) authorized to administer oaths and shall [state](/usc/10/4951.md?p=4)—
  - (1) that the signer has personal knowledge of, or reason to believe, the matters set forth therein; and
  - (2) that such matters are true in fact to the best of the signer’s knowledge and belief.
- (b) **Notice to Accused.—** Upon the swearing of the charges and specifications in accordance with [subsection (a)](#a), the accused shall be informed of the charges and specifications against the accused as soon as practicable.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 111–84, div. A, title XVIII, § 1802, Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2579.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 948q, added Pub. L. 109–366, § 3(a)(1), Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2606, related to charges and specifications, prior to the general amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 111–84.