# Public Safety (GPS)

## Title 13A. Maryland Code of Military Justice

### Subtitle 10. Punitive Provisions

#### Section 13A-1026

A person shall be punished as a court-martial may direct if the person: 

(1) procures the person's own enlistment or appointment in the armed forces by knowing false representation or deliberate concealment as to the person's qualifications for that enlistment or appointment and receives pay or allowances thereunder; or

(2) procures the person's own separation from the armed forces by knowing false representation or deliberate concealment as to the person's eligibility for that separation.

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Md. Code Ann., Pub. Safety (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)