§ 931. Art. 131. Perjury

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. 1956

   Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 75 · 70A Stat. 75

   Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 931

   Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 75

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 75

2. 1976

   Pub. L. 94–550 § 3 · 90 Stat. 2534

   Added · 10 U.S.C. § 931

   Pub. L. 94–550 divided existing provisions into an introductory phrase, par. (1), and a closing phrase, and added par. (2)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 94–550 divided existing provisions into an introductory phrase, par. (1), and a closing phrase, and added par. (2).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 3. Section 931 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: “§931. Art. 131. Perjury “Any person subject to this chapter who in a judicial proceeding or in a course of justice willfully and corruptly— “(1) upon a lawful oath or in any form allowed by law to be substituted for an oath, gives any false testimony material to the issue or matter of inquiry; or “(2) in any declaration, certificate, verification, or statement under penalty of perjury as permitted under section 1746 of title 28, United States Code, subscribes any false statement material to the issue or matter of inquiry; is guilty of perjury and shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.”.

3. 1982

   Pub. L. 97–295 § 1(13) · 96 Stat. 1287

   Struck · 10 U.S.C. § 931(2)

   Pub. L. 97–295 struck out “United States Code,” after “title 28,”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Par. (2). Pub. L. 97–295 struck out “United States Code,” after “title 28,”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (13) Section 931 is amended by striking out “United States 10 USC 931. Code,”.

2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial