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title: O.C.G.A. § 38-2-1083. Fraudulent enlistment, appointment, or separation.
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# O.C.G.A. § 38-2-1083. Fraudulent enlistment, appointment, or separation.

Any person who:

(1) Procures his or her own enlistment or appointment in the organized militia by knowingly false representation or deliberate concealment as to his or her qualifications for that enlistment or appointment and receives pay or allowances thereunder; or

(2) Procures his or her own separation from the organized militia by knowingly false representation or deliberate concealment as to his or her eligibility for that separation

shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

## History

Code 1981, § 38-2-1083, enacted by Ga. L. 2015, p. 753, § 1/HB 98.

## U.s. Code.

For similar provision in Uniform Code of Military Justice, see 10 U.S.C. § 883.