---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 953"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "953"
heading: "Remission or suspension of sentence; restoration to duty; reenlistment"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/953"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part II — Personnel"
  - "Chapter 48 — Military Correctional Facilities"
---

# §953. Remission or suspension of sentence; restoration to duty; reenlistment


For offenders who were at the time of commission of their offenses subject to his authority and who merit such action, the [Secretary concerned](/usc/10/2801.md?p=c-5) shall establish—

- (1) a system for the remission or suspension of the unexecuted part of the sentences of selected offenders;
- (2) a system for the restoration to duty of such offenders who have had the unexecuted part of their sentences remitted or suspended and who have not been discharged; and
- (3) a system for the enlistment of such offenders who have had the unexecuted part of their sentences remitted and who have been discharged.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 90–377, § 1, July 5, 1968, 82 Stat. 287.)