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[CITE: 10USC883]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
              CHAPTER 47--UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE
 
                     SUBCHAPTER X--PUNITIVE ARTICLES
 
Sec. 883. Art. 83. Fraudulent enlistment, appointment, or 
        separation
        
    Any person who--
        (1) procures his own enlistment or appointment in the armed 
    forces by knowingly false representation or deliberate concealment 
    as to his qualifications for that enlistment or appointment and 
    receives pay or allowances thereunder; or
        (2) procures his own separation from the armed forces by 
    knowingly false representation or deliberate concealment as to his 
    eligibility for that separation;

shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 66.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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883...................................  50:677.                              Ma
y 5, 1950, ch. 169, Sec.  1 (Art.
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3), 64 Stat. 134.
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    In clauses (1) and (2), the words ``means of'' are omitted as 
surplusage.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 937 of this title.
