2012 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 35 MILITARY JUSTICE 35.565 Persons charged with certain crimes against the United States or the Commonwealth to be turned over to civil authorities.
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35.565 Persons charged with certain crimes against the United States or the
Commonwealth to be turned over to civil authorities.
Any subject person charged with any of the following offenses shall be turned over to the
appropriate civil authorities of the United States or Commonwealth for trial and
punishment:
(1) Knowing it to be false or fraudulent, makes any claim against the United States, the
state or any officer thereof, or presents to any person in the civil or military service
thereof, for approval or payment, any claim against the United States, the state or
any officer thereof;
(2) For the purpose of obtaining the approval, allowance, or payment of any claim
against the United States, the state or any officer thereof:
(a) Makes or uses any writing or other paper knowing the same to contain any
false or fraudulent statements;
(b) Makes any oath to any fact or to any writing or other paper knowing such oath
to be false; or
(c) Forges or counterfeits any signature upon any writing or other paper, or uses
any such signature knowing the same to be forged or counterfeited;
(3) Having charge, possession, custody, or control of any money or other property of
the United States, or the state, furnished or intended for the Armed Forces of the
United States or the organized militia, knowingly delivers to any person having
authority to receive the same, any amount thereof less than that for which he
receives a certificate or receipt;
(4) Being authorized to make or deliver any paper certifying the receipt of any property
of the United States or the state, furnished or intended for the Armed Forces of the
United States or the organized militia, makes or delivers to any person such writing
without having full knowledge of the truth of the statements therein contained and
with intent to defraud the United States or the state.
Effective: July 1, 1954
History: Created 1954 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 112, effective July 1, 1954.
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