Article 78
ART. 78. Improper use of countersign— Any person subject to military law who makes known the parole or countersign to any person not entitled to receive it according to the rules and discipline of war, or gives a parole or countersign different from that which he received, shall, if the offense be committed in time of war, or serious disturbance of the peace, suffer death or such other punishment as a court-martial may direct.