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Title 10 — Armed Forces

Part II · Chapter 31 — Enlistments

§ 514. Bounties prohibited; substitutes prohibited

Statutory text

(a)

No bounty may be paid to induce any person to enlist in an armed force. A clothing allowance or enlistment bonus authorized by law is not a bounty for the purposes of this subsection.

(b)

No person liable for active duty in an armed force under this subtitle may furnish a substitute for that active duty. No person may be enlisted or appointed in an armed force as a substitute for another person.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 19.) · 70A Stat. 19

    Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 514

    (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 19.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 19.)

0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Notes

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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
514(a)  514(b)50 App.:458 (1st sentence, less applicability to induction).50 App.:458 (last sentence, less applicability to induction).June 24, 1948, ch. 625, § 8 (less applicability to induction), 62 Stat. 614.

In subsection (b), the words “active duty” are substituted for the words “training and service”. The word “may” is substituted for the words “shall be permitted or allowed”. The last sentence is substituted for 50 App.:458 (words between 1st and last semicolons). 50 App.:458 (words after last semicolon) is omitted as applicable only to induction.

Credits

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 19.)

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