2016 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces
Subtitle B - Army
Part IV - Service, Supply, and Procurement
Chapter 453 - Accountability and Responsibility
Sec. 4842 - Settlement of accounts of line officers

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Citation 10 U.S.C. § 4842 (2016)
Section Name §4842. Settlement of accounts of line officers
Section Text

The Comptroller General shall settle the account of a line officer of the Army for pay due the officer even if the officer cannot account for property entrusted to the officer or cannot make a monthly report or return, when the Comptroller General is satisfied that the inability to account for property or make a report or return was the result of the officer having been a prisoner, or of an accident or casualty of war.

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(Added Pub. L. 97–258, §2(b)(10)(B), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1057.)

Editorial Notes
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
4842 31:44 (1st sentence). June 10, 1921, ch. 18, §304 (1st par. 1st sentence), 42 Stat. 24.
  31:95. R.S. §278.

The words "Comptroller General" are substituted for "General Accounting Office" for consistency. The words "audit and" are omitted as surplus. The words "for their services as such" and "by the affidavit of the officer or otherwise" are omitted as surplus. The words "to account for property or make a report or return" are added for clarity. The words "in the hands of the enemy" are omitted as surplus.

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 10 - ARMED FORCES
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 10 - ARMED FORCES
Subtitle B - Army
PART IV - SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
CHAPTER 453 - ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY
Sec. 4842 - Settlement of accounts of line officers
Contains section 4842
Date 2016
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 6, 2017
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 42 Stat. 24
96 Stat. 1057
Public Law References Public Law 97-258
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