{"identifier":"/us/usc/t14/s2123","title":14,"num":"\u00a7\u202f2123.","heading":"Promotions; acceptance; oath of office","text":"\u00a7\u202f2123.\nPromotions; acceptance; oath of office\n(a) An officer who receives an appointment under\nsection 2121 of this title\n(b) An officer who has served continuously since he subscribed to the oath of office prescribed in\nsection 3331 of title 5","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t14/s2123.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t14/s2123","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f2123."},{"t":"heading","text":"Promotions; acceptance; oath of office"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t14/s2123/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"content","text":" An officer who receives an appointment under ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 2121 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t14/s2121","tail":" is considered to have accepted his appointment on its effective date, unless he expressly declines the appointment."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t14/s2123/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"content","text":" An officer who has served continuously since he subscribed to 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 his appointment in a higher grade."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}