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38 U.S.C. § 1973 — Forfeiture

submitted 61 years ago by Pub. L. 89-214 to r/title-38-VETERANS-BENEFITS · 84 words · no verdicts yet

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A person guilty of mutiny, treason, spying, or desertion, or who refuses specified military service or uniform because of conscientious objection, loses rights to both listed life-insurance programs. Insurance does not pay for a death lawfully inflicted as punishment, except by an enemy of the United States.

A person guilty of mutiny, treason, spying, or desertion, or who refuses military service or refuses to wear the uniform because of conscientious objection, forfeits all rights under this subchapter to Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance and Veterans’ Group Life Insurance. Neither insurance pays for a death inflicted lawfully as punishment for a crime or military or naval offense, unless an enemy of the United States inflicted the death.
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Any person guilty of mutiny, treason, spying, or desertion, or who, because of conscientious objections, refuses to perform service in the Armed Forces of the United States or refuses to wear the uniform of such force, shall forfeit all rights to Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance and Veterans’ Group Life Insurance under this subchapter. No such insurance shall be payable for death inflicted as a lawful punishment for crime or for military or naval offense, except when inflicted by an enemy of the United States.

Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 89–214, § 1(a), Sept. 29, 1965, 79 Stat. 885, § 773; renumbered § 1973, Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406; amended Pub. L. 104–275, title IV, § 405(b)(1)(F), Oct. 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 3339; Pub. L. 110–389, title IV, § 403(d), Oct. 10, 2008, 122 Stat. 4174.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1965Enacted · Pub. L. 89-214 · 79 Stat. 885
  • 1991Amended · Pub. L. 102-83 · 105 Stat. 406
  • 1996Amended · Pub. L. 104-275 · 110 Stat. 3339
  • 2008Amended · Pub. L. 110-389 · 122 Stat. 4174

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 89-214 on 1965-09-29.

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