§ 35. — Imparting or conveying false information.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC35]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I--CRIMES
CHAPTER 2--AIRCRAFT AND MOTOR VEHICLES
Sec. 35. Imparting or conveying false information
(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.
(Added July 14, 1956, ch. 595, Sec. 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, Sec. 330016(1)(K), Sept. 13, 1994,
108 Stat. 2147.)
Amendments
1994--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103-322 substituted ``fined under this
title'' for ``fined not more than $5,000''.
1965--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 89-64 substituted ``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'' for ``fined not more
than $1,000, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both''.
1961--Pub. L. 87-338 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a),
struck out ``willfully'' before ``imparts or conveys'', and added
subsec. (b).
