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10 U.S.C. § 7840 — Final settlement of officer’s accounts
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Before final payment upon discharge may be made to an officer of the Army who has been accountable or responsible for public property, he must obtain a certificate of nonindebtedness to the United States from each officer to whom he was accountable or responsible for property. He must also make an affidavit, certified by his commanding officer to be correct, that he is not accountable or responsible for property to any other officer. An officer who has not been responsible for public property must make an affidavit of that fact, certified by his commanding officer. Compliance with this section warrants the final payment of the officer concerned.
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Before final payment upon discharge may be made to an officer of the Army who has been accountable or responsible for public property, he must obtain a certificate of nonindebtedness to the United States from each officer to whom he was accountable or responsible for property. He must also make an affidavit, certified by his commanding officer to be correct, that he is not accountable or responsible for property to any other officer. An officer who has not been responsible for public property must make an affidavit of that fact, certified by his commanding officer. Compliance with this section warrants the final payment of the officer concerned.
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**(a) Defense Acquisition System.—** In this part, the term “defense acquisition system” means—
(1) the workforce engaged in carrying out the acquisition of property and services for the Department of Defense;
(2) the management structure responsible for directing and overseeing the acquisition of property and services for the Department of Defense; and
(3) the statutory, regulatory, and policy framework that guides the acquisition of property and services for the Department of Defense.
**(b) Element of the Defense Acquisition System.—** In this part, the term “element of the defense acquisition system” means an organization that—
(1) employs members of the acquisition workforce;
(2) carries out acquisition functions; and
(3) focuses primarily on acquisition.
**(c) Acquisition.—** In this part, the term “acquisition” has the meaning provided in [section 131 of title 41](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section131&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a)** The following persons on active duty or performing inactive-duty training may administer oaths for the purposes of military administration, including military justice:
(1) All judge advocates.
(2) All summary courts-martial.
(3) All adjutants, assistant adjutants, acting adjutants, and personnel adjutants.
(4) All commanding officers of the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard.
(5) All staff judge advocates and legal officers, and acting or assistant staff judge advocates and legal officers.
(6) All other persons designated by regulations of the armed forces or by statute.
**(b)** The following persons on active duty or performing inactive-duty training may administer oaths necessary in the performance of their duties:
(1) The president, military judge, trial counsel, and assistant trial counsel for all general and special courts-martial.
(2) The president and the counsel for the court of any court of inquiry.
(3) All officers designated to take a deposition.
(4) All persons detailed to conduct an investigation.
(5) All recruiting officers.
(6) All other persons designated by regulations of the armed forces or by statute.
**(c)** Each judge and senior judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces shall have the powers relating to oaths, affirmations, and acknowledgments provided to justices and judges of the United States by [section 459 of title 28](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section459&num=0&edition=prelim).
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 7841
minister oaths required by law in the settlement
of an officer’s accounts for clothing and other
military supplies. An oath administered under
this section shall be without expense to the per-
son to whom it is administered.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 274, § 4839; re-
numbered § 7839, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title
VIII, § 808(d), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1839.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
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section
Source (U.S. Code)
Source (Statutes at Large)
4839 .........
10:1303.
R.S. 225 (1st sentence).
The words ‘‘and other military supplies’’ are sub-
stituted for the words ‘‘camp and garrison equipage,
quartermaster’s stores, and ordnance’’ to conform to
section 4838 of this title. The words ‘‘person to whom
administered’’ are substituted for the words ‘‘parties
taking them’’. The words ‘‘for the purpose of’’ are omit-
ted as surplusage.
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 4839 of this
title as this section.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2018 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019,
with provision for the coordination of amendments and
special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800
of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section
3001 of this title.
§ 7840. Final settlement of officer’s accounts
Before final payment upon discharge may be
made to an officer of the Army who has been ac-
countable or responsible for public property, he
must obtain a certificate of nonindebtedness to
the United States from each officer to whom he
was accountable or responsible for property. He
must also make an affidavit, certified by his
commanding officer to be correct, that he is not
accountable or responsible
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