2017 US Code
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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Citation 10 U.S.C. § 901 (2017)
Section Name §901. Art. 101. Improper use of countersign
Section Text

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.

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

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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.
Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 5, 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 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
Contains section 901
Date 2017
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 12, 2018
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 64 Stat. 137
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