1996 US Code
Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I - CRIMES
CHAPTER 47 - FRAUD AND FALSE STATEMENTS
Sec. 1019 - Certificates by consular officers
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 1994 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 47 - FRAUD AND FALSE STATEMENTS Sec. 1019 - Certificates by consular officers |
| Contains | section 1019 |
| Date | 1996 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 6, 1997 |
| Positive Law | Yes |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 753; Sept. 13, 1994, Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, §330016(1)(L), 108 Stat. 2147. |
| Statutes at Large References | 35 Stat. 1101 62 Stat. 753 108 Stat. 2147 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 103-322 |
§1019. Certificates by consular officers
Whoever, being a consul, or vice consul, or other person employed in the consular service of the United States, knowingly certifies falsely to any invoice, or other paper, to which his certificate is authorized or required by law, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 753; Sept. 13, 1994, Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, §330016(1)(L), 108 Stat. 2147.)
Historical and Revision NotesBased on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §127 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, §70, 35 Stat. 1101).
Mandatory punishment provision was rephrased in the alternative.
Changes were made in phraseology.
Amendments1994—Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than ,000”.
Cross ReferencesCertification of invoices, see section 4200 et seq. of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.
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