{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/s498","title_num":"18","num":"§ 498.","heading":"Military or naval discharge certificates","status":null,"guid":"idbbe47458-4aa6-11eb-bce4-d6beeb6aa2d0","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.)","seq_in_title":190,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI/ch25","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18","level":"title","num":"Title 18—","heading":"CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI","level":"part","num":"PART I—","heading":"CRIMES","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI/ch25","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 25—","heading":"COUNTERFEITING AND FORGERY","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<section xmlns=\"http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" xmlns:dcterms=\"http://purl.org/dc/terms/\" style=\"-uslm-lc:I80\" id=\"id74663cfc-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s498\"><num value=\"498\">§ 498.</num><heading> Military or naval discharge certificates</heading><content>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">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 <ref class=\"footnoteRef\" idref=\"fn002043\">1</ref><note type=\"footnote\" id=\"fn002043\"><num>1</num> See 1994 Amendment note below.</note> or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.</p>\n</content><sourceCredit id=\"id74663cfd-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\">(<ref href=\"/us/act/1948-06-25/ch645\">June 25, 1948, ch. 645</ref>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/62/712\">62 Stat. 712</ref>; <ref href=\"/us/pl/103/322/tXXXIII/s330016/1/K\">Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(K)</ref>, <date date=\"1994-09-13\">Sept. 13, 1994</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/108/2147\">108 Stat. 2147</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n<notes type=\"uscNote\" id=\"id74663cfe-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\">\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"historicalAndRevision\" id=\"id74663cff-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Historical and Revision Notes</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940, ed., § 136 (<ref href=\"/us/act/1917-03-04/ch180\">Mar. 4, 1917, ch. 180</ref>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/39/1182\">39 Stat. 1182</ref>).</p>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Reference to any person causing, procuring, aiding or assisting was omitted as unnecessary as such persons are made principals by <ref href=\"/us/usc/t18/s2\">section 2 of this title</ref>.</p>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">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.</p>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Changes in phraseology were made.</p>\n</note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" role=\"crossHeading\" topic=\"editorialNotes\" id=\"id74663d00-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered\"><b>Editorial Notes</b></heading></note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"amendments\" id=\"id74663d01-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Amendments</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">1994—<ref href=\"/us/pl/103/322\">Pub. L. 103–322</ref>, 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.</p>\n</note>\n</notes>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"116-214","currency_date":"2020-12-05","congress":116,"law_num":214,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":218,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["02","09","11a","15","16","18","18a","20","21","22","28a","31","37","38","39","40","41","51","52","54"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}