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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 290. Discharge papers withheld by claim agent
Whoever, being a claim agent, attorney, or other person engaged
in the collection of claims for pay, pension, or other allowances
for any soldier, sailor, or marine, or for any commissioned officer
of the military or naval forces, or for any person who may have
been a soldier, sailor, marine, or officer of the regular or
volunteer forces of the United States, or for his dependents or
beneficiaries, retains, without the consent of the owner or owners
thereof, or refuses to deliver or account for the same upon demand
duly made by the owner or owners thereof, or by their agent or
attorney, the discharge papers of any such soldier, sailor, or
marine, or commissioned officer, which may have been placed in his
hands for the purpose of collecting said claims, shall be fined
under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both;
and shall be debarred from prosecuting any such claim in any
department or agency of the United States.
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