§ 901. Art. 101. Improper use of countersign

Statutory text

Any person subject to this chapter who in time of war discloses the parole or countersign to any person not entitled to receive it or who gives to another who is entitled to receive and use the parole or countersign a different parole or countersign from that which, to his knowledge, he was authorized and required to give, shall be punished by death or such other punishment as a court-martial may direct.

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.

1956
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 70.) · 70A Stat. 70
Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 901
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 70.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 70.)

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Notes

historicalAndRevision

Historical and Revision Notes
Revised section	Source (U.S. Code)	Source (Statutes at Large)
901	50:695.	May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1 (Art. 101), 64 Stat. 137.

Credits

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