{"identifier":"/us/usc/t10/s20240","title":10,"num":"\u00a7\u202f20240.","heading":"Acceptance of promotions; oath of office","text":"\u00a7\u202f20240.\nAcceptance of promotions; oath of office\n(a)\nAcceptance.\u2014\nAn officer who is appointed to a higher grade under\nsection 20239 of this title\n(b)\nOath.\u2014\nAn officer who has served continuously since taking the oath of office prescribed in\nsection 3331 of title 5\nsection 20239 of this title","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t10/s20240.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t10/s20240","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f20240."},{"t":"heading","text":"Acceptance of promotions; oath of office"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t10/s20240/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Acceptance.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"An officer who is appointed to a higher grade under ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 20239 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t10/s20239","tail":" is considered to have accepted the appointment on the date on which the appointment is made unless the officer expressly declines the appointment."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t10/s20240/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Oath.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"An officer who has served continuously since taking the oath of office prescribed in ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 3331 of title 5","href":"/us/usc/t5/s3331","tail":" is not required to take a new oath upon appointment to a higher grade under "},{"t":"ref","text":"section 20239 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t10/s20239","tail":"."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}