10 USC 514 - Bounties Prohibited; Substitutes Prohibited

(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.

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

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.

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