10 U.S.C. § 901

§901. Art. 101. Improper use of countersign

Edition 2018

U.S.C. Title 10 - ARMED FORCES
10 U.S.C.

United States Code, 2018 Edition

Title 10 - ARMED FORCES

Subtitle A - General Military Law

PART II - PERSONNEL

CHAPTER 47 - UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE

SUBCHAPTER X - PUNITIVE ARTICLES

Sec. 901 - Art. 101. Improper use of countersign

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§901. Art. 101. Improper use of countersign

Any person subject to this chapter who in time of war discloses the parole or countersign to any person not entitled to receive it or who gives to another who is entitled to receive and use the parole or countersign a different parole or countersign from that which, to his knowledge, he was authorized and required to give, shall be punished by death or such other punishment as a court-martial may direct.

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

Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)

901
50:695.
May 5, 1950, ch. 169, §1 (Art. 101), 64 Stat. 137.

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