§ 1954. Forfeiture

Statutory text

No yearly renewable term insurance or United States Government life insurance shall be payable for death inflicted as a lawful punishment for crime or military offense, except when inflicted by the enemy. In such cases the cash surrender value of United States Government life insurance, if any, on the date of such death shall be paid to the designated beneficiary if living, or if there be no designated beneficiary alive at the death of the insured the said value shall be paid to the estate of the insured.

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. § 1954
Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1161, § 754
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1161, § 754
1991
Pub. L. 102–83 § 5(a) · 105 Stat. 378
Changed · 38 U.S.C. § 1954
Pub. L. 102–83 renumbered section 754 of this title as this section
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 102–83 renumbered section 754 of this title as this section.
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 754 of this title as this section.

Credits

1958–1991 · 2 acts

1958Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1161, § 754
1991renumbered § 1954, Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406.

Show as published

(Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1161, § 754; renumbered § 1954, Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406.)