§ 1911. Forfeiture

Statutory text

Any person guilty of mutiny, treason, spying, or desertion, or who, because of conscientious objections, refuses to perform service in the Armed Forces of the United States or refuses to wear the uniform of such force, shall forfeit all rights to National Service Life Insurance. No insurance shall be payable for death inflicted as a lawful punishment for crime or for military or naval offense, except when inflicted by an enemy of the United States; but the cash surrender value, if any, of such insurance on the date of such death shall be paid to the designated beneficiary, if living, or otherwise to the beneficiary or beneficiaries within the permitted class in accordance with the order specified in section 1916(b) of this title.

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.

1958
Pub. L. 85–857 · 72 Stat. 1105
Enacted · 38 U.S.C. § 1911
Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1150, § 711
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1150, § 711
1991
Pub. L. 102–83 § 5(a) · 105 Stat. 378
Substituted · 38 U.S.C. § 1911
Pub. L. 102–83 renumbered section 711 of this title as this section and substituted “1916(b)” for “716(b)”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 102–83 renumbered section 711 of this title as this section and substituted “1916(b)” for “716(b)”.
Enacted provision · exact public law section
(a) Redesignation of Sections to Conform to Chapter Numbers.— Each section contained in any of chapters 11 through 23 is redesignated by replacing the first digit of the section number with the number of the chapter containing that section. Each section contained in any of chapters 24 through 42 is redesignated so that the first two digits of the section number of that section are the same as the chapter number of the chapter containing that section.

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

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1991—Pub. L. 102–83 renumbered section 711 of this title as this section and substituted “1916(b)” for “716(b)”.

Credits

1958–1991 · 2 acts

1958Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1150, § 711
1991renumbered § 1911 and amended Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), (c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406.

Show as published

(Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1150, § 711; renumbered § 1911 and amended Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), (c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406.)