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Code · U.S. Code · Title 38 - VETERANS’ BENEFITS · CHAPTER 19— INSURANCE · SUBCHAPTER III— SERVICEMEMBERS’ GROUP LIFE INSURANCE · § 1973

§ 1973. Forfeiture

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Any person guilty of mutiny, treason, spying, or desertion, or who, because of conscientious objections, refuses to perform service in the Armed Forces of the United States or refuses to wear the uniform of such force, shall forfeit all rights to Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance and Veterans’ Group Life Insurance under this subchapter. No such insurance shall be payable for death inflicted as a lawful punishment for crime or for military or naval offense, except when inflicted by an enemy of the United States.
(Added Pub. L. 89–214, § 1(a), Sept. 29, 1965, 79 Stat. 885, § 773; renumbered § 1973, Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406; amended Pub. L. 104–275, title IV, § 405(b)(1)(F), Oct. 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 3339; Pub. L. 110–389, title IV, § 403(d), Oct. 10, 2008, 122 Stat. 4174.)
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  • Pub. L. 89–214, § 1(a)
  • 79 Stat. 885
  • Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a)
  • 105 Stat. 406
  • Pub. L. 104–275, title IV, § 405(b)(1)(F)
  • 110 Stat. 3339
  • Pub. L. 110–389, title IV, § 403(d)
  • 122 Stat. 4174
  • Pub. L. 110–389
  • Pub. L. 104–275
  • Pub. L. 102–83
  • section 773 of this title
  • Pub. L. 110–389, title IV, § 403(e)(4)
  • 122 Stat. 4175
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Pub. L.Pub. L. 104–275, title IV, § 405(b)(1)(F)
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