2013 US Code
Title 17 - Copyrights
Chapter 13 - PROTECTION OF ORIGINAL DESIGNS (§§ 1301 - 1332)
Section 1312 - Oaths and acknowledgments
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 17 - COPYRIGHTS |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 17 - COPYRIGHTS CHAPTER 13 - PROTECTION OF ORIGINAL DESIGNS Sec. 1312 - Oaths and acknowledgments |
Contains | section 1312 |
Date | 2013 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Added Pub. L. 105-304, title V, §502, Oct. 28, 1998, 112 Stat. 2911. |
Statutes at Large Reference | 112 Stat. 2911 |
Public Law Reference | Public Law 105-304 |
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(a)
(1) may be made—
(A) before any person in the United States authorized by law to administer oaths; or
(B) when made in a foreign country, before any diplomatic or consular officer of the United States authorized to administer oaths, or before any official authorized to administer oaths in the foreign country concerned, whose authority shall be proved by a certificate of a diplomatic or consular officer of the United States; and
(2) shall be valid if they comply with the laws of the State or country where made.
(b)
(2) Whenever a written declaration under paragraph (1) is used, the document containing the declaration shall state that willful false statements are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, pursuant to section 1001 of title 18, and may jeopardize the validity of the application or document or a registration resulting therefrom.
(Added Pub. L. 105–304, title V, §502, Oct. 28, 1998, 112 Stat. 2911.)
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