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    18 USC Sec. 498                                             01/05/2009

EXPCITE

    TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
    PART I - CRIMES
    CHAPTER 25 - COUNTERFEITING AND FORGERY

HEAD

    Sec. 498. Military or naval discharge certificates

STATUTE

      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

    (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 712; Pub. L. 103-322, title
    XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(K), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)

HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES

      Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940, ed., Sec. 136 (Mar. 4, 1917, ch.
    180, 39 Stat. 1182).
      Reference to any person causing, procuring, aiding or assisting
    was omitted as unnecessary as such persons are made principals by
    section 2 of this title.
      At the end of this section words "in the discretion of the court"
    were omitted as unnecessary, as the punishment provisions, being
    framed in the alternative by the use of the disjunctive "or," vest
    in the court the power to impose a fine or prison sentence in its
    discretion.
      Changes in phraseology were made.
                                AMENDMENTS
      1994 - Pub. L. 103-322, which directed the amendment of this
    section by substituting "fined under this title" for "fined not
    more than $5,000", was executed by making the substitution for
    "fined not more than $1,000", to reflect the probable intent of
    Congress.

FOOTNOTE

    (!1) See 1994 Amendment note below.