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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 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.
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