§ 1424. — Personation or misuse of papers in naturalization proceedings.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC1424]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I--CRIMES
CHAPTER 69--NATIONALITY AND CITIZENSHIP
Sec. 1424. Personation or misuse of papers in naturalization
proceedings
Whoever, whether as applicant, declarant, petitioner, witness or
otherwise, in any naturalization or citizenship proceeding, knowingly
personates another or appears falsely in the name of a deceased person
or in an assumed or fictitious name; or
Whoever knowingly and unlawfully uses or attempts to use, as showing
naturalization or citizenship of any person, any order, certificate,
certificate of naturalization, certificate of citizenship, judgment,
decree, or exemplification, or copies or duplicates thereof, issued to
another person, or in a fictitious name or in the name of a deceased
person--
Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five
years, or both.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 766; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII,
Sec. 330016(1)(K), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on subsection (a) pars. (6)(a), (b), (15), (b), (d) of section
746 of title 8, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Aliens and Nationality (Oct. 14, 1940,
ch. 876, Sec. 346(a), pars. (6), (15), (b), (d), 54 Stat. 1164, 1165,
1167).
Section consolidates, with minor verbal changes, subsections (a),
pars. (6)(a), (b), (15), (b), (d), and the general punishment provision
of section 746 of title 8, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Aliens and Nationality.
Amendments
1994--Pub. L. 103-322 substituted ``fined under this title'' for
``fined not more than $5,000'' in last par.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 3291 of this title.
