18 U.S.C. § 1019 — Certificates by consular officers

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This section punishes a consular officer who knowingly makes a false certificate about an act or statement the officer may certify.

A consul, vice consul, or other United States consular-service employee who knowingly makes a false certification on an invoice or other paper that the law authorizes or requires that person to certify may be fined, imprisoned for up to 3 years, or both.

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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.

Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 753; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(L), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

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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