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[CITE: 10USC1523]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
             CHAPTER 77--POSTHUMOUS COMMISSIONS AND WARRANTS
 
Sec. 1523. Posthumous commissions and warrants: effect on pay 
        and allowances
        
    No person is entitled to any bonus, gratuity, pay, or allowance 
because of a posthumous commission or warrant.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 116.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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1523..................................  10:491d.                             Ju
ly 28, 1942, ch. 528, Sec.  6, 56
                                        34:285f.                              S
tat. 723; July 17, 1953, ch. 220,
                                                                              S
ec.  1(e) (1st 7 words), 67 Stat.
                                                                              1
77.
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    The word ``receive'' is omitted as surplusage. The words ``because 
of a posthumous commission or warrant'' are substituted for the words 
``by virtue of any provision of sections 491a-491d [285b-285d] and 612 
[285e] of this title'', in 10:491d and 34:285f.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 37 section 552.
