§907 — Title 10 Armed Forces | U.S. Code

Summary

Makes it a crime for anyone covered by this chapter, who intends to deceive, to sign or submit any official record or other official statement they know is false. It also covers people who take a law-required or allowed oath from an authorized person and then make or sign a statement under that oath.

Title 10, §907

Armed Forces — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Any person subject to this chapter who, with intent to deceive—

(1)signs any false record, return, regulation, order, or other official document, knowing it to be false; or

(2)makes any other false official statement knowing it to be false;

(b)Any person subject to this chapter—

(1)who takes an oath that—

(A)is administered in a matter in which such oath is required or authorized by law; and

(B)is administered by a person with authority to do so; and

(2)who, upon such oath, makes or subscribes to a statement;

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 90750:701.May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1 (Art. 107), 64 Stat. 138. The word “it” is substituted for the words “the same”.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2016—Pub. L. 114–328 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “Any person subject to this chapter who, with intent to deceive, signs any false record, return, regulation, order, or other official document, knowing it to be false, or makes any other false official statement knowing it to be false, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.”

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2016 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 114–328 effective on Jan. 1, 2019, as designated by the President, with implementing

Regulations

and provisions relating to applicability to various situations, see section 5542 of Pub. L. 114–328 and Ex. Ord. No. 13825, set out as notes under section 801 of this title.

§907 Art. 107. False official statements; false swearing