PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

Makes it punishable for people covered by this chapter to knowingly sign or make false official records, reports, orders, or other official statements. It also makes it punishable to lie after taking an oath that is required or allowed by law and given by someone with authority; if a person swears to something they do not believe is true, a court-martial can punish them.

Title 10, §907

Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)False Official Statements.—

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;

shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

(b)False Swearing.—

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;

if the statement is false and at the time of taking the oath, the person does not believe the statement to be true, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

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