Any person, subject to this code must, upon conviction of the following, be punished as a court-martial may direct, if he:

(1) knowing it to be false or fraudulent:

(A) makes any claim against the United States, the State, or any officer of them;

(B) presents to any person in the civil or military service thereof, for approval or payment any claim against the State or any officer of it;

(2) for the purpose of obtaining the approval, allowance, or payment of any claim against the State or any officer of it:

(A) makes or uses any writing or other paper knowing it to contain any false or fraudulent statements;

(B) makes any oath to any fact or to any writing or other paper knowing the oath to be false;

(C) forges or counterfeits any signature upon any writing or other paper, or uses any such signature knowing it to be forged and counterfeited;

(3) having charge, possession, custody, or control of any money or other property of the State furnished or intended for the military forces, knowingly delivers to any person having authority to receive it, any amount thereof less than that for which he receives a certificate or receipt;

(4) being authorized to make or deliver any paper certifying the receipt of any property of the State furnished or intended for the military forces, makes or delivers to any person the writings without having full knowledge of the truth of the statements contained in it and with intent to defraud the State.

HISTORY: Former Section 25-1-3060 [1950 (46) 1881; 1952 Code Section 44-215; 1962 Code Section 44-207; 1964 (53) 2241] recodified as Section 25-1-3140 by 1984 Act No. 378; New Section 25-1-3060 [derived from former Section 25-1-1440 (1950 (46) 1881; 1952 Code Section 44-79; 1962 Code Section 44-94; 1964 (53) 2241; repealed by 1984 Act No. 378, Section 91)] En by 1984 Act No. 378, Section 79.