10 USC § 907 - Art. 107. False official statements; false swearing

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title: "10 USC § 907 - Art. 107. False official statements; false swearing"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "907"
section_name: "Art. 107. False official statements; false swearing"
chapter_number: 47
chapter_name: "UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE"
subchapter_number: "X"
subchapter_name: "PUNITIVE ARTICLES"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "PERSONNEL"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 71; Pub. L. 114–328, div. E, title LX, § 5419, Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2946.)"
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# § 907. Art. 107. False official statements; false swearing

**(a)** **False Official Statements.—** Any person subject to this chapter who, with intent to deceive—

shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

**(1)** signs any false record, return, regulation, order, or other official document, knowing it to be false; or

**(2)** makes any other false official statement knowing it to be false;

**(b)** **False Swearing.—** Any person subject to this chapter—

if the statement is false and at the time of taking the oath, the person does not believe the statement to be true, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

**(1)** who takes an oath that—

**(A)** is administered in a matter in which such oath is required or authorized by law; and

**(B)** is administered by a person with authority to do so; and

**(2)** who, upon such oath, makes or subscribes to a statement;

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 71; Pub. L. 114–328, div. E, title LX, § 5419, Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2946.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 907 | 50:701. | May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1 (Art. 107), 64 Stat. 138. |

The word “it” is substituted for the words “the same”.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2016— amended section generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “Any person subject to this chapter who, with intent to deceive, signs any false record, return, regulation, order, or other official document, knowing it to be false, or makes any other false official statement knowing it to be false, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.”

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2016 Amendment

Amendment by  effective on , as designated by the President, with implementing regulations and provisions relating to applicability to various situations, see  and Ex. Ord. No. 13825, set out as notes under .