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title: O.C.G.A. § 38-2-1101. Disclosure or improper use of countersign or parole.
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# O.C.G.A. § 38-2-1101. Disclosure or improper use of countersign or parole.

Any person subject to this article 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 or her knowledge, the person was authorized and required to give, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

## History

Code 1981, § 38-2-1101, 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. § 901.