2012 US Code
Title 46 - Shipping
Subtitle V - Merchant Marine (§§ 50101 - 58109)
Part E - Control of Merchant Marine Capabilities (§§ 56101 - 56504)
Chapter 561 - RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERS (§§ 56101 - 56105)
Section 56104 - Penalty for false statements
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 46 - SHIPPING |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 46 - SHIPPING Subtitle V - Merchant Marine Part E - Control of Merchant Marine Capabilities CHAPTER 561 - RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERS Sec. 56104 - Penalty for false statements |
Contains | section 56104 |
Date | 2012 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 109-304, §8(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1654. |
Statutes at Large References | 40 Stat. 903 49 Stat. 1987 95 Stat. 156 120 Stat. 1654 |
Public Law References | Public Law 97-31, Public Law 109-304 |
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A person that knowingly makes a false statement of a material fact to the Secretary of Transportation or another officer, employee, or agent of the Department of Transportation, to obtain the Secretary's approval under section 56101 or 56102 of this title, shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both.
(Pub. L. 109–304, §8(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1654.)
Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
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56104 | 46 App.:839 (last par.). | Sept. 7, 1916, ch. 451, §41 (last par.), as added July 15, 1918, ch. 152, §4, 40 Stat. 903; Exec. Order No. 6166, June 10, 1933, §12; June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title II, §204, title IX, §904, 49 Stat. 1987, 2016; Pub. L. 97–31, §12(32), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 156. |
The words “guilty of a misdemeanor” are omitted, and the words “fined under title 18” are substituted for “subject to a fine of not more than $5000”, because of chapter 227 of title 18.
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