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Code · U.S. Code · Title 10 - ARMED FORCES · CHAPTER 783— ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY · § 7839

§ 7839. Settlement of accounts: oaths

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The Secretary of the Army may detail any employee of the Department of the Army to administer oaths required by law in the settlement of an officer’s accounts for clothing and other military supplies. An oath administered under this section shall be without expense to the person to whom it is administered.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 274, § 4839; renumbered § 7839, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(d), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1839.)
The words “and other military supplies” are substituted for the words “camp and garrison equipage, quartermaster’s stores, and ordnance” to conform to section 4838 of this title. The words “person to whom administered” are substituted for the words “parties taking them”. The words “for the purpose of” are omitted as surplusage.
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  • Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041
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  • section 4838 of this title
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§ 7839
Settlement of accounts: oaths
ActAug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041
Stat.70A Stat. 274
Stat.132 Stat. 1839
Citesection 4838 of this title
Citesection 4839 of this title
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