# Public Safety (GPS)

## Title 13A. Maryland Code of Military Justice

### Subtitle 10. Punitive Provisions

#### Section 13A-1032

(a) A person subject to this title shall be punished as a court-martial may direct if the person, with intent to deceive:

  (1) signs a false record, return, regulation, order, or other official document, knowing it to be false; or

  (2) makes any other false official statement knowing it to be false.

(b) A person subject to this title shall be punished as a court-martial may direct if the person:

  (1) takes an oath that:

    (i) is administered in a matter in which such oath is required or authorized by law; and

    (ii) is administered by a person with authority to do so; and

  (2) on such oath, makes or subscribes to a statement that is false and at the time of taking the oath, the person does not believe the statement to be true.

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