§ 508. — Deserters; payment of expenses incident to apprehension and delivery; penalties.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 14USC508]
TITLE 14--COAST GUARD
PART I--REGULAR COAST GUARD
CHAPTER 13--PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS
Sec. 508. Deserters; payment of expenses incident to
apprehension and delivery; penalties
(a) The Coast Guard may, pursuant to regulations prescribed by the
Secretary, make such expenditures as are deemed necessary for the
apprehension and delivery of deserters, stragglers, and prisoners.
(b) No person who is convicted by court martial for desertion from
the Coast Guard in time of war, and as the result of such conviction is
dismissed or dishonorably discharged from the Coast Guard shall
afterwards be enlisted, appointed, or commissioned in any military or
naval service under the United States, unless the disability resulting
from desertion, as established by this section is removed by a board of
commissioned officers of the Coast Guard convened for consideration of
the case, and the action of the Board is approved by the Secretary; or
unless he is restored to duty in time of war.
(Added May 5, 1950, ch. 169, Sec. 16(a), 64 Stat. 148; amended July 10,
1952, ch. 631, Sec. 2, 66 Stat. 540.)
Amendments
1952--Subsec. (a). Act July 10, 1952, authorized reimbursement of
necessary expenses to persons other than civil officers, and added
stragglers and prisoners to class of offenders.
Effective Date
Section effective May 31, 1951, see section 5 of act May 5, 1950.
