§ 904. Art. 104. Public records offenses

Statutory text

Any person subject to this chapter who, willfully and unlawfully—

alters, conceals, removes, mutilates, obliterates, or destroys a public record; or

takes a public record with the intent to alter, conceal, remove, mutilate, obliterate, or destroy the public record;

shall be punished 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.

2016
Military Justice Act of 2016
Pub. L. 114–328 div. E title LX § 5415 · 130 Stat. 2000
Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 904
(Added Pub. L. 114–328, div. E, title LX, § 5415, Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2944.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Added Pub. L. 114–328, div. E, title LX, § 5415, Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2944.)
Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 5415. PUBLIC RECORDS OFFENSES. Subchapter X of chapter 47 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 903b (article 103b of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), as redesignated by section 5401(5) of this Act, the following new section (article): “§ 904. Art. 104. Public records offenses “Any person subject to this chapter who, willfully and unlawfully— “(1) alters, conceals, removes, mutilates, obliterates, or destroys a public record; or “(2) takes a public record with the intent to alter, conceal, remove, mutilate, obliterate, or destroy the public record; shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.” .

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 904 was renumbered section 903b of this title.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective on Jan. 1, 2019, as designated by the President, with implementing regulations and provisions relating to applicability to various situations, see section 5542 of Pub. L. 114–328 and Ex. Ord. No. 13825, set out as notes under section 801 of this title.

Credits

(Added Pub. L. 114–328, div. E, title LX, § 5415, Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2944.)