46 USC 56104: Penalty for false statements
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46 USC 56104: Penalty for false statements Text contains those laws in effect on November 14, 2024
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§56104. Penalty for false statements

A person that knowingly makes a false statement of a material fact to the Secretary of Transportation or another officer, employee, or agent of the Department of Transportation, to obtain the Secretary's approval under section 56101 or 56102 of this title, shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both.

( Pub. L. 109–304, §8(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1654 .)

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Source (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
56104 46 App.:839 (last par.). Sept. 7, 1916, ch. 451, §41 (last par.), as added July 15, 1918, ch. 152, §4, 40 Stat. 903 ; Exec. Order No. 6166, June 10, 1933, §12; June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title II, §204, title IX, §904, 49 Stat. 1987 , 2016; Pub. L. 97–31, §12(32), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 156 .

The words "guilty of a misdemeanor" are omitted, and the words "fined under title 18" are substituted for "subject to a fine of not more than $5000", because of chapter 227 of title 18.