2018 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces
Subtitle A - General Military Law
Part II - Personnel
Chapter 31 - Enlistments
Sec. 514 - Bounties prohibited; substitutes prohibited

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Citation 10 U.S.C. § 514 (2018)
Section Name §514. Bounties prohibited; substitutes prohibited
Section Text

(a) No bounty may be paid to induce any person to enlist in an armed force. A clothing allowance or enlistment bonus authorized by law is not a bounty for the purposes of this subsection.

(b) No person liable for active duty in an armed force under this subtitle may furnish a substitute for that active duty. No person may be enlisted or appointed in an armed force as a substitute for another person.

Source Credit

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 19.)

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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
514(a)  514(b) 50 App.:458 (1st sentence, less applicability to induction).50 App.:458 (last sentence, less applicability to induction). June 24, 1948, ch. 625, §8 (less applicability to induction), 62 Stat. 614.

In subsection (b), the words "active duty" are substituted for the words "training and service". The word "may" is substituted for the words "shall be permitted or allowed". The last sentence is substituted for 50 App.:458 (words between 1st and last semicolons). 50 App.:458 (words after last semicolon) is omitted as applicable only to induction.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, 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 31 - ENLISTMENTS
Sec. 514 - Bounties prohibited; substitutes prohibited
Contains section 514
Date 2018
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 14, 2019
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 62 Stat. 614
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