FEDERAL · 10 U.S.C. · Chapter 31

Bounties prohibited; substitutes prohibited

10 U.S.C. § 514
Title10Armed Forces
Chapter31 — ENLISTMENTS

This text of 10 U.S.C. § 514 (Bounties prohibited; substitutes prohibited) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering United States primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook
10 U.S.C. § 514.

Text

(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.

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

Source Credit

History

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

Editorial Notes

In subsection (b), the words "active duty" are substituted for the words "training and service". The word "may" is substituted for the words "shall be permitted or allowed". The last sentence is substituted for 50 App.:458 (words between 1st and last semicolons). 50 App.:458 (words after last semicolon) is omitted as applicable only to induction.

Cite This Page — Counsel Stack

Bluebook (online)
10 U.S.C. § 514, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/usc/10/514.