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    (a)    A person subject to this title shall be punished as a court–martial may direct if the person wrongfully and willfully impersonates:

        (1)    an officer or a noncommissioned officer;

        (2)    an agent of superior authority of one of the armed forces; or

        (3)    an official of a government.

    (b)    A person subject to this title who, wrongfully, willfully, and with intent to defraud, impersonates a person referred to in subsection (a)(1), (2), or (3) of this section shall be punished as a court–martial may direct.

    (c)    A person subject to this title who, wrongfully, willfully, and without intent to defraud, impersonates an official of a government by committing an act that exercises or asserts the authority of the office that the person claims to have shall be punished as a court–martial may direct.