U.S.C. Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS

33 U.S.C.
United States Code, 2001 Edition
Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 17 - NATIONAL OCEAN SURVEY
SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 854 - Qualification of officers for appointment or promotion generally
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§854. Qualification of officers for appointment or promotion generally

No person shall be appointed ensign and no commissioned officer shall be promoted to a higher permanent grade on the active list until he has passed a satisfactory mental and physical examination in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Commerce.

(May 22, 1917, ch. 20, §16, 40 Stat. 88; June 21, 1955, ch. 172, §2(a), 69 Stat. 169.)

Codification

Section is part of section 16 of act May 22, 1917. Portions of the original text were omitted as temporary and executed. Section 16 is also classified to sections 855, 856, 857, and 858 of this title.

Amendments

1955—Act June 21, 1955, struck out certain obsolete titles of positions.

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in section 854a–1 of this title.