18 U.S.C. § 35 — Imparting or conveying false information

submitted 70 years ago by ch. 595 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 163 words · no verdicts yet

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It's a crime to knowingly give false information about a real or supposed attempt to commit crimes like destroying aircraft or vehicles. Doing so carries a civil penalty up to $1,000, and doing it willfully, maliciously, or recklessly can mean a fine or up to five years in prison.

(a) Anyone who knowingly gives, conveys, or causes someone else to convey false information — information they know is false — about an attempt or supposed attempt to commit a crime under this chapter, or under chapter 97 or chapter 111 of this title, faces a civil penalty of up to $1,000. The government recovers this penalty through a civil lawsuit brought in its own name. (b) If the person does this willfully and maliciously, or with reckless disregard for human life, the penalty is criminal instead: a fine, or imprisonment for up to five years, or both.

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(a)

Whoever imparts or conveys or causes to be imparted or conveyed false information, knowing the information to be false, concerning an attempt or alleged attempt being made or to be made, to do any act which would be a crime prohibited by this chapter or chapter 97 or chapter 111 of this title shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than $1,000 which shall be recoverable in a civil action brought in the name of the United States.

(b)

Whoever willfully and maliciously, or with reckless disregard for the safety of human life, imparts or conveys or causes to be imparted or conveyed false information, knowing the information to be false, concerning an attempt or alleged attempt being made or to be made, to do any act which would be a crime prohibited by this chapter or chapter 97 or chapter 111 of this title—shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

Source credit: (Added July 14, 1956, ch. 595, § 1, 70 Stat. 540; amended Pub. L. 87–338, Oct. 3, 1961, 75 Stat. 751; Pub. L. 89–64, July 7, 1965, 79 Stat. 210; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(K), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1956Enacted · Act of July 14, 1956, ch. 595 · 70 Stat. 540
1961Amended · Pub. L. 87-338 · 75 Stat. 751
1965Amended · Pub. L. 89-64 · 79 Stat. 210
1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-322 · 108 Stat. 2147

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 595 on 1956-07-14.

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