§ 4218. — False certificate as to ownership of property.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC4218]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 52--FOREIGN SERVICE
SUBCHAPTER XIV--POWERS, DUTIES AND LIABILITIES OF CONSULAR OFFICERS
GENERALLY
Sec. 4218. False certificate as to ownership of property
If any consul or vice consul falsely and knowingly certifies that
property belonging to foreigners is property belonging to citizens of
the United States, he shall be punishable by imprisonment for not more
than three years, and by a fine of not more than $10,000.
(R.S. Sec. 1737; Apr. 5, 1906, ch. 1366, Sec. 3, 34 Stat. 100.)
Codification
R.S. Sec. 1737 derived from act Feb. 22, 1803, ch. 9, Sec. 7, 2
Stat. 204.
References to ``commercial agent'' and ``vice-commercial agent''
were omitted in view of the abolition of the grade of commercial agent
by act Apr. 5, 1906.
Section was not enacted as part of the Foreign Service Act of 1980
which comprises this chapter.
Section was formerly classified to section 1200 of this title, and
prior thereto to section 104 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 4191 of this title.
