---
kind: "unit"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
key: "stA/ptII/ch47/schVIII"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter VIII"
heading: "Sentences"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/stA-ptII-ch47-schVIII"
sections_count: 8
---

# Subchapter VIII — Sentences

Title 10 — Armed Forces › Subtitle A — General Military Law › Part II — Personnel › Chapter 47 — Uniform Code of Military Justice

## Sections

- [§855. Art. 55. Cruel and unusual punishments prohibited](/usc/10/855.md)
- [§856. Art. 56. Sentencing](/usc/10/856.md)
- [§856a. Repealed.](/usc/10/856a.md)
- [§857. Art. 57. Effective date of sentences](/usc/10/857.md)
- [§857a. Repealed.](/usc/10/857a.md)
- [§858. Art. 58. Execution of confinement](/usc/10/858.md)
- [§858a. Art. 58a. Sentences: reduction in enlisted grade](/usc/10/858a.md)
- [§858b. Art. 58b. Sentences: forfeiture of pay and allowances during confinement](/usc/10/858b.md)