---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 U.S.C. § 636...639"
title: "50"
title_heading: "War and National Defense"
number: "636...639"
heading: "Repealed. Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, § 53, 70A Stat. 641"
status: "repealed"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/50/636...639"
units:
  - "Chapter 22 — Uniform Code of Military Justice"
  - "Subchapter VIII — Sentences"
---

# [§636...639. Repealed. Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, § 53, 70A Stat. 641 — repealed]



## Notes

Section 636, act May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1, 64 Stat. 126, prohibited cruel and unusual punishments. See section 855 of Title 10, Armed Forces.

Section 637, act May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1, 64 Stat. 126, related to maximum limits of punishment. See section 856 of Title 10.

Section 638, act May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1, 64 Stat. 126, provided for effective date of sentences. See section 857 of Title 10.

Section 639, act May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1, 64 Stat. 126, related to execution of confinement. See section 854 of Title 10.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of Repeal

Repeal effective Jan. 1, 1957, see act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, § 53 footnote, 70A Stat. 680.