An Act to authorize the use of certificates by officers of the Armed Forces of the United States, in connection with certain pay and allowance accounts of military and civilian personnel
PL 83-120 (S.1078), enacted 07/16/1953

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PUBLIC LAW 120-JULY 16, 1953 
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Superintendent. 
48 Stat. 1128. 
66 Stat. 824. 
insured or annuitant shall become totally and permanently disabled, 
as defined by the contract or supplemental contract: Provided, That 
no such supplemental contract shall be issued or delivered to any 
person in the District unless and until a copy of the form thereof has 
been submitted to and approved by the Superintendent under such 
reasonable rules and regulations as he shall make concerning the 
provisions in such contracts and their submission to and approval by 
him." 
SEC. 2. Section 2 of chapter I of such Act of June 19,1934, as amended 
(D. C, Code, 1951 edition, sec. 35-302), is amended by striking there-
from the definition of the word "Superintendent", and inserting in 
lieu thereof the following: "Superintendent" means the Superin-
tendent of Insurance of the District of Columbia, or the officer or 
officers, agency or agencies succeeding to his functions under Reorgani-
zation Plan Numbered 5 of 1952. 
Ante, 
pp. 162, 
163, 170. 
EFFECTIVE DATE OF ACT 
SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect ninety days after approval. 
A 
policy, rider, or endorsement, which could have been lawfully used or 
delivered or issued for delivery to any person in the District imme-
diately before the effective date of this Act, may be used or delivered 
or issued for delivery to any such person during three years after the 
effective date of this Act without being subject to the provisions of 
subsection (2), (3), or (4) of section 12: Provided, however, That, 
when any provision in such policy is in conflict with any provision of 
such section, the obligations of the insurer shall be governed by the 
provisions of such section. 
Approved July 16, 1953. 
July 16. 1953 
[S. 1078] 
Public Law 120 
CHAPTER 19? 
AN ACT 
To authorize the use of certificates by officers of the Armed Forces of the United 
States, in connection with certain pay and allowance accounts of military 
and civilian personnel. 
Armed Forces. 
Pay and allows 
ance certificates. 
Effective date. 
Termination. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate cmd House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That certificates of 
officers of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard 
of the United States, executed on and after December 8,1941, attesting 
to the existence of the stated facts, and which are filed with and relate 
to vouchers and papers involving pay and allowances of civilian and 
militarj^ personnel of the departments concerned shall be accepted as 
supporting such payments so far as said facts are concerned without 
the necessity of any other supporting evidence or certificates. 
The 
Secretaries of the departments concerned shall prescribe regulations 
governing the conditions under which, and the classes and types of 
facts to which, the above authority will be applicable, and those regu-
lations shall, as far as practicable, be uniform. Such regulations ^YQ-
scribed by the Secretaries of military departments shall be subject 
to the approval of the Secretary of Defense. 
SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on April 2, 1953, and shall termi-
nate upon the issuance of a proclamation by the President, or the 
adoption by the Congress of a concurrent resolution, terminating the 
national emergency existing on the date of the enactment of the Act, 
or on April 1,1954, whichever is earlier. 
Approved July 16, 1953.