Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102
§901 Art. 101. Improper Use of Countersign
Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART II — PERSONNEL › CHAPTER 47 — UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE › SUBCHAPTER X — PUNITIVE ARTICLES › § 901
Summary
During war, revealing a parole or countersign to someone unauthorized, or giving an authorized person the wrong one, risks death or military court punishment.
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Title 10, §901
Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
Any person subject to this chapter who in time of war discloses the parole or countersign to any person not entitled to receive it or who gives to another who is entitled to receive and use the parole or countersign a different parole or countersign from that which, to his knowledge, he was authorized and required to give, shall be punished by death or such other punishment as a court-martial may direct.
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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 90150:695.May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1 (Art. 101), 64 Stat. 137.
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10 U.S.C. § 901
Title 10, Armed Forces
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102