Evening star., 1940-09-15
Punishment O0utlined
For False Registration.

II
Section II. Any person charged
as herein provided with the duty
of carrying out any of the pro-
visions of this act, or the rules
or regulations made or directions
given hereunder, who shall
knowingly fail or neglect to per-
form such duty, and any person
charged with such duty, or hav-
ing and exercising any authority
under said act, rules, regula-
tions or directions who shall.
knowingly make, or be a party TO
the making. of any false, i'm
proper or incorrect registration,
classification, physical or mental
examination, deferment. induc-
ton, enrolment or muster, and
any person who shall knowingly
make. or be party to the max
ing. of any false statement or
certificate as TO the fitness or
unftness or liability or non-ha-
bility Of himself or any other
person for service under the pro-
visions of this act, or rules, reg
ulations or directions made pur-
Suant thereto. or who otherwise
evadeS registration or service in
the land or naval forces or any
of the requirements of this act,
or who knowingly counsels, aids
or abets another to evade regis
tration or service in the land or
naval forces or any of the re-
quirements of this act, or of said
rules, regulations or directions,
or who in any manner shall
knowingly fail or neglect to per-
form any duty required of him
under or in the execution of this
act. or rules or regulations made
pursuant to this act, or any per-
son or persons who shall know.
lnglv hinder or interfere in any
way by force or violence with the
administration of this act or the
rules or regulations made pur-
suant thereto, or conspire to do
so, shall, upon conviction in the
district court of the United States
having jurisdiction thereof, be
punished by Imprisonment for
not more than five years or a
flne OF not more than $4,000, or
oy both such fine and imprison-
ment, or if subject to military
or naval law may be tried by
court martial, and, on conviction.
shall suffer such punishment as
court martial may direct. No
person shall be tried by any mill
tary or naval court martial in
any case arising under this act
unless such person has been ac-
tuaIy inducted for the training
and service prescribed under this
act or unless he is subject In
trlai by court martial under laws
IN force prior to the enactment
OF this act. Precedence shall be
given by courts to the trial of
cases arising under this act,
sec. IL. Ia The monthly base
pay OF enlisted men of the Arny
and the Marine Corps shall be
as follows: Enlisted men of the
nrst grade, SIPS; enlisted men of
the second grade, sS4; enlisted
men OF the third grade, s72: en-.
hsted men of the fourth grade.
$50; enlisted men of the fifth
grade, s54; enlisted men of the
sixth grade, s36; enlisted men of
the seventh grade, $50; except
that the monthly base pay OF
enlisted men with less than four
months service during their first
enlistment period and of enlisted Z
men OF the seventh grade whose
inefhciency or other unfitness has
been determined under regulations
prescribed by the Secretary of
War and the Secretary of the
Navy, respectively. shall be S2l.
The pay for specialists ratings,
which shall be in addition to
monthly base pay, shall be as
follows: First class, $50; second
class, s25; third class, $40: fourth
class, SIS; fifth class, $6; sixth
class, SO. Enlisted men of the
Army and the Marine Corps shall
receive. as a permanent addition
TO their pay. an increase of 10
per centum of their base pay and
pay Tor specialists ratings upon
completion of the first four years
OF service, and an additional in
crease of per centum of such
base pay and pay for specialists
ratings for each four years of
service thereafter, but the total
of such increases shall not exceed
Is per centum. Enlisted men of
the Navy shall be entitled to re-
ceive at least the same pay and
allowances as are provided for
enlisted men in similar grades In
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