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PUBLIC LAW 634-JUNE 29, 1956

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writing purporting to be such, concerning any claim for payment under this Act, or pertaining to any matter arising under this Act, (2) makes or presents any paper required under this Act on which paper a date other than the date upon which it was actually signed or acknowledged by the claimant has been willfully inserted, (3) certifies falsely that the declarant, affiant, or witness named in such affidavit, declaration, voucher, endorsement, or other paper or writing personally appeared before him and was sworn thereto, or acknowledged the execution thereof, or (4) accepts and converts to his own use payments for any period during which he was not actually pursuing a course of education under this Act for which period payment was made, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than three years, or both. APPLICATION o r OTHER LAWS

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SEC. 510. The provisions of Public Law Numbered 262, Seventyfourth Congrcss, approved August 12, 1935 (49 Stat. 607), as amended, the provisions of section 15 of Public Law Numbered 2, Seventy-third Congress, as amended, the provisions of paragraph V, part I, Veterans Regulation Numbered 2 (a), as amended, and the provisions of titles II and III of Public Law Numbered 844, Seventyfourth Cougrcss, approved June 29, 1936, as amended, shall be for application under this Act. WAIVER OF RECOVERY OE OVERPAYMENTS

SEC. 511. There shall be no recovery of payments of educational assistance allowance made under this Act from any person who, in the judgment of the Administrator, is without fault on his part and where, in the judgment of the Administrator, such recovery would defeat the purpose of benefits otherwise authorized or would be against equity and good conscience. No disbursing officer or certifying officer shall be held liable for any amount paid to any person where the recovery of such amount is waived under this section. EFFECTIVE DATE

SEC. 512. This Act shall take effect on the date of its enactment, but no educational assistance allowance shall be paid for any period before the first day of the first month which begins more than ninety days after the date of the enactment of this Act. APPROPRIATIONS

SEC. 513. The appropriations for the Veterans' Administration under the headings "General Operating Expenses" and "Readjustment Benefits" are hereby made available for expenditures necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act and there is hereby authorized to be appropriated such additional amounts as may be necessary to accomplish the purposes of this Act. Approved June 29, 1956.

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