18 U.S.C. § 498 — Military or naval discharge certificates

submitted 78 years ago by ch. 645 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 55 words · no verdicts yet

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This law makes it a crime to forge or fake a military discharge certificate. It also punishes anyone who knowingly uses, possesses, or shows a fake one. Violators can be fined or jailed for up to a year.

This section is one plain rule with no subsections. It is illegal to forge, counterfeit, or falsely alter a certificate of discharge from U.S. military or naval service. It is also illegal to use, possess, or show such a certificate if you know it is forged, counterfeited, or falsely altered. A person who breaks this law can be fined under this title, or imprisoned for up to one year, or both.

the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

Whoever forges, counterfeits, or falsely alters any certificate of discharge from the military or naval service of the United States, or uses, unlawfully possesses or exhibits any such certificate, knowing the same to be forged, counterfeited, or falsely altered, shall be fined under this title 1 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 712; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(K), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 645 · 62 Stat. 712
1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-322 · 108 Stat. 2147

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 645 on 1948-06-25.

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