§ 222. — Giving suggestions or information with intent to cause inaccurate enumeration of population.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 13USC222]
TITLE 13--CENSUS
CHAPTER 7--OFFENSES AND PENALTIES
SUBCHAPTER II--OTHER PERSONS
Sec. 222. Giving suggestions or information with intent to cause
inaccurate enumeration of population
Whoever, either directly or indirectly, offers or renders to any
officer or employee of the Department of Commerce or bureau or agency
thereof engaged in making an enumeration of population under subchapter
II, IV, or V of chapter 5 of this title, any suggestion, advice,
information or assistance of any kind, with the intent or purpose of
causing an inaccurate enumeration of population to be made, shall be
fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or
both.
(Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1158, 68 Stat. 1023; Pub. L. 85-207, Sec. 16, Aug.
28, 1957, 71 Stat. 484.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 13, U.S.C., 1952 ed., Secs. 122, 209 (June 18, 1929,
ch. 28, Sec. 9, 46 Stat. 23; June 19, 1948, ch. 502, Sec. 2, 62 Stat.
479).
Section consolidates the second paragraph of section 209 of title
13, U.S.C., 1952 ed., which was a part of chapter 4 of that title
relating to censuses of population, agriculture, etc., with that part of
section 122 of such title which made such section 209 applicable to the
interim surveys provided for by section 121(b) of such title (see
subchapter IV of chapter 5 of this revised title). For remainder of such
sections 122 and 209, see Distribution Table.
Section 122 of title 13, U.S.C., 1952 ed., made section 209 of such
title applicable to the quinquennial censuses of manufactures, the
mineral industries, and other businesses provided for by section 121(a)
thereof (subchapter I of chapter 5 of this revised title), and
applicable, with certain qualifications and exceptions, to the interim
surveys, which section 121(b) thereof provided for, not only with
respect to those censuses but also the censuses provided for in ``other
Acts'' (chapter 5 of this title). However, the particular provisions of
such section 209 that have been carried into this revised section
related only to population enumerations, and this section has
accordingly been restricted to the population censuses authorized under
subchapter II of chapter 5 of this title, and to the interim surveys
authorized under subchapter IV of such chapter only in so far as they
relate to population enumerations. The exceptions and qualifications
with respect to the application of this section to such interim surveys
are set out elsewhere in this subchapter.
Reference to ``any officer or employee'' was substituted for ``any
supervisor, supervisor's clerk, enumerator, interpreter, special agent,
or other officer or employee'', as the latter enumeration of the types
of employees is unnecessary and redundant; and ``Department of Commerce
or bureau or agency thereof'' was substituted for ``Census Office'', to
conform with 1950 Reorganization Plan No. 5, Secs. 1, 2, effective May
24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1263. See Revision Note to section 4 of
this title.
Subsection (b) of section 1442 of title 42, U.S.C., 1952 ed., The
Public Health and Welfare (which section has been transferred in its
entirety to this revised title), made section 209 of title 13, U.S.C.,
1952 ed., applicable to the censuses of housing (subchapter II of
chapter 5 of this revised title). However, the particular provisions of
such section 209 that have been carried into this revised section, could
not, by their terms, be relevant to housing censuses, hence no reference
is made in this section to such censuses.
Words in section 209 of title 13, U.S.C., 1952 ed., ``either as to
the number of persons resident in any district or community, or in any
other respect'', were omitted from the revised section as unnecessary
and superfluous.
Reference to the offense described as a ``misdemeanor'' was omitted
as covered by section 1 of title 18, U.S.C., Crimes and Criminal
Procedure, classifying offenses; and words ``and upon conviction
thereof'' were omitted as surplusage.
Changes were made in phraseology.
Amendments
1957--Pub. L. 85-207 substituted ``II, IV, or V'' for ``II or IV''.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 225 of this title.
