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PUBLIC LAW 87-649~SEPT. 7, 1962

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(f) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, an advance of pay of not more than three months' pay may be mad^ to an officer of the Coast Guard who is ordered to sea duty or to or from shore duty beyond the seas. In addition, the Commandant of the Coast Guard may direct such advances as he considers necessary and proper to members of the Coast Guard stationed at distant stations where the pay and emoluments to which they are entitled cannot be paid regularly. § 1007. Deductions from pay (a) The pay of an officer of an armed force may be withheld, under section 82 of title 5, only for an indebtedness to the United States admitted by the officer or shown by the judgment of a court, or upon a special order issued in the discretion of the Secretary concerned. (b) An amount due the United States from an enlisted member of the Army or the Air Force for articles sold to him on credit under section 4621(a)(1) or 9621(a)(1) of title 10, as the case 7OA Stat. 257. may be, shall be deducted from the next pay due him after the *^^' sale is reported. In the case of a member of the Army, the report shall be made to the Chief of Finance, An amount due the Umted States from an enlisted member of the Army or the Air Force for tobacco sold to him by the United States under section 4623 or 9623 of title 10 shall be deducted from his pay in the manner provided for the settlement of clothing accounts. (c) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary concerned, an amount that an enlisted member of the Army or the Air Force is administratively determined to owe the United States or any of its instrumentalities may be deducted from his pay in monthly installments. However, after the deduction of pay forfeited by the sentence of a court-martial, if any, or otherwise authorized by law to be withheld, the deductions authorized by this section may not reduce the pay actually received for any month to less than onethird of his hasic pay for that month. (d) Subject to subsection (c) of this section, an amount due the United States from an enlisted member of the Army or the Air Force may be deducted from his pay on final statement, or from his savings on his clothing allowance. -' * ' ^', (e) The amount of any damage, or cost of repairs, to arms or equipment caused by the abuse or negligence of a member of the Army or the Air Force, as the case may be, who had the care of, or was using, the property when it was damaged, shall be deducted from his pay. (f) If, upon final settlement of the accounts of en officer of the Army or the Air Force charged with the issue of an article of military supply, there is a deficiency of that article, or if an article of military supply with whose issue an officer is charged is damaged, the value of the lost article or the amount of the damage shall be charged against the officer and deducted from his monthly pay, unless he shows to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Army or the Secretary of the Air Force, as the case may be, by one or more affidavits setting forth the circumstances, that he was not at fault. (ff) All amount due the United States from an officer of the Army or the Air Force for rations bought on credit, and for articles bought on credit under section 4621(a) (1.) or 9621(a)(1) of title 10, shall be deducted from the next pay due that officer after the sale is reported.

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