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[CITE: 38USC1979]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
                        PART II--GENERAL BENEFITS
 
                          CHAPTER 19--INSURANCE
 
          SUBCHAPTER III--SERVICEMEMBERS' GROUP LIFE INSURANCE
 
Sec. 1979. Incontestability

    Subject to the provision of section 1973 of this title, insurance 
coverage granted under this subchapter shall be incontestable from the 
date of issue, reinstatement, or conversion except for fraud or 
nonpayment of premium.

(Added Pub. L. 93-289, Sec. 9(a), May 24, 1974, 88 Stat. 172, Sec. 779; 
renumbered Sec. 1979 and amended Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(a), (c)(1), Aug. 
6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406.)


                               Amendments

    1991--Pub. L. 102-83 renumbered section 779 of this title as this 
section and substituted ``1973'' for ``773''.


                             Effective Date

    Section effective first day of third calendar month following May 
1974, see section 12(4) of Pub. L. 93-289, set out as an Effective Date 
of 1974 Amendment note under section 1968 of this title.
