2013 US Code
Title 22 - Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 52 - FOREIGN SERVICE (§§ 3901 - 4226)
Subchapter XIV - POWERS, DUTIES AND LIABILITIES OF CONSULAR OFFICERS GENERALLY (§§ 4191 - 4226)
Section 4218 - False certificate as to ownership of property
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE CHAPTER 52 - FOREIGN SERVICE SUBCHAPTER XIV - POWERS, DUTIES AND LIABILITIES OF CONSULAR OFFICERS GENERALLY Sec. 4218 - False certificate as to ownership of property |
Contains | section 4218 |
Date | 2013 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | R.S. §1737; Apr. 5, 1906, ch. 1366, §3, 34 Stat. 100. |
Statutes at Large References | 2 Stat. 204 34 Stat. 100 |
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If any consul or vice consul falsely and knowingly certifies that property belonging to foreigners is property belonging to citizens of the United States, he shall be punishable by imprisonment for not more than three years, and by a fine of not more than $10,000.
(R.S. §1737; Apr. 5, 1906, ch. 1366, §3, 34 Stat. 100.)
CODIFICATIONR.S. §1737 derived from act Feb. 22, 1803, ch. 9, §7, 2 Stat. 204.
References to "commercial agent" and "vice-commercial agent" were omitted in view of the abolition of the grade of commercial agent by act Apr. 5, 1906.
Section was not enacted as part of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 which comprises this chapter.
Section was formerly classified to section 1200 of this title, and prior thereto to section 104 of this title.
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