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title: "10 U.S.C. § 908"
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# 10 U.S.C. § 908 - Art. 108. Military property of United States—Loss, damage, destruction, or wrongful disposition

## Text

Any person subject to this chapter who, without proper authority—

(1) sells or otherwise disposes of;

(2) willfully or through neglect damages, destroys, or loses; or

(3) willfully or through neglect suffers to be lost, damaged, destroyed, sold, or wrongfully disposed of;

any military property of the United States, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 71.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 90850:702.May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1 (Art. 108), 64 Stat. 138.