§ 1312. — Oaths and acknowledgments.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 17USC1312]
TITLE 17--COPYRIGHTS
CHAPTER 13--PROTECTION OF ORIGINAL DESIGNS
Sec. 1312. Oaths and acknowledgments
(a) In General.--Oaths and acknowledgments required by this
chapter--
(1) may be made--
(A) before any person in the United States authorized by law
to administer oaths; or
(B) when made in a foreign country, before any diplomatic or
consular officer of the United States authorized to administer
oaths, or before any official authorized to administer oaths in
the foreign country concerned, whose authority shall be proved
by a certificate of a diplomatic or consular officer of the
United States; and
(2) shall be valid if they comply with the laws of the State or
country where made.
(b) Written Declaration in Lieu of Oath.--(1) The Administrator may
by rule prescribe that any document which is to be filed under this
chapter in the Office of the Administrator and which is required by any
law, rule, or other regulation to be under oath, may be subscribed to by
a written declaration in such form as the Administrator may prescribe,
and such declaration shall be in lieu of the oath otherwise required.
(2) Whenever a written declaration under paragraph (1) is used, the
document containing the declaration shall state that willful false
statements are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, pursuant to
section 1001 of title 18, and may jeopardize the validity of the
application or document or a registration resulting therefrom.
(Added Pub. L. 105-304, title V, Sec. 502, Oct. 28, 1998, 112 Stat.
2911.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 1320 of this title.
