18 U.S.C. § 1016 — Acknowledgment of appearance or oath
submitted 78 years ago by ch. 645 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 119 words · no verdicts yet
This section punishes an authorized oath or acknowledgment officer who knowingly makes a false certification or statement about specified United States matters.
Whoever is an officer authorized to administer oaths or certify acknowledgments and knowingly makes a false acknowledgment, certificate, or statement about a person’s appearance or oath concerning a United States proposal, contract, bond, undertaking, or other matter for which an oath is required, or about a principal’s, surety’s, or other party’s financial standing, may be fined, imprisoned for up to 2 years, or both.
Whoever, being an officer authorized to administer oaths or to take and certify acknowledgments, knowingly makes any false acknowledgment, certificate, or statement concerning the appearance before him or the taking of an oath or affirmation by any person with respect to any proposal, contract, bond, undertaking, or other matter submitted to, made with, or taken on behalf of the United States or any department* or agency* thereof, concerning which an oath or affirmation is required by law or lawful regulation, or with respect to the financial standing of any principal, surety, or other party to any such proposal, contract, bond, undertaking, or other instrument, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.
Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 753; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(I), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)
- 1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 645 · 62 Stat. 753
- 1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-322 · 108 Stat. 2147
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 645 on 1948-06-25.
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