[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR10.4]

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                       TITLE 32--NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
              CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
 
PART 10--MILITARY COMMISION INSTRUCTIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 10.4  Policies and procedures.

    (a) Promulgation. Military Commission Instructions will be issued by 
the General Counsel of the Department of Defense (hereinafter General 
Counsel). Each Instruction will issue over the signature of the General 
Counsel and, unless otherwise specified therein, shall take effect upon 
the signature of the General Counsel. Instructions will be numbered in 
sequence.
    (b) Professional responsibility. Compliance with these Instructions 
shall be deemed a professional responsibility obligation for the 
practice of law within the Department of Defense.
    (c) Compliance breaches. Failure to adhere to these Instructions or 
any other failure to comply with any rule, regulation, or Instruction 
applicable to trials by military commission convened pursuant to 32 CFR 
part 9, and Military Order of November 13, 2001, ``Detention, Treatment, 
and Trial of Certain Non-Citizens in the War Against Terrorism,'' may be 
subject to appropriate action by the Appointing Authority, the General 
Counsel of the

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Department of Defense, or the Presiding Officer of a military 
commission. Such action may include permanently barring an individual 
from participating in any military commission proceeding convened 
pursuant to 32 CFR part 9, and Military Order of November 13, 2001, 
``Detention, Treatment, and Trial of Certain Non-Citizens in the War 
Against Terrorism,'' punitive measures imposed under 10 U.S.C. 898, and 
any other lawful sanction.