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Title 38 - Veterans' Benefits
Part II - General Benefits
Chapter 19 - Insurance
Subchapter II - United States Government Life Insurance
Sec. 1954 - Forfeiture
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| 38 U.S.C. § 1954 (2017) |
| §1954. Forfeiture |
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No yearly renewable term insurance or United States Government life insurance shall be payable for death inflicted as a lawful punishment for crime or military offense, except when inflicted by the enemy. In such cases the cash surrender value of United States Government life insurance, if any, on the date of such death shall be paid to the designated beneficiary if living, or if there be no designated beneficiary alive at the death of the insured the said value shall be paid to the estate of the insured. |
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(Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1161, §754; renumbered §1954, Pub. L. 102–83, §5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406.) |
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AMENDMENTS
1991—Pub. L. 102–83 renumbered section 754 of this title as this section. |
| United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 38 - VETERANS' BENEFITS |
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| Title 38 - VETERANS' BENEFITS PART II - GENERAL BENEFITS CHAPTER 19 - INSURANCE SUBCHAPTER II - UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT LIFE INSURANCE Sec. 1954 - Forfeiture |
| section 1954 |
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| January 12, 2018 |
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| 72 Stat. 1161 105 Stat. 406 |
| Public Law 85-857, Public Law 102-83 |
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