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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1015. Naturalization, citizenship or alien registry
(a) Whoever knowingly makes any false statement under oath, in
any case, proceeding, or matter relating to, or under, or by virtue
of any law of the United States relating to naturalization,
citizenship, or registry of aliens; or
(b) Whoever knowingly, with intent to avoid any duty or liability
imposed or required by law, denies that he has been naturalized or
admitted to be a citizen, after having been so naturalized or
admitted; or
(c) Whoever uses or attempts to use any certificate of arrival,
declaration of intention, certificate of naturalization,
certificate of citizenship or other documentary evidence of
naturalization or of citizenship, or any duplicate or copy thereof,
knowing the same to have been procured by fraud or false evidence
or without required appearance or hearing of the applicant in court
or otherwise unlawfully obtained; or
(d) Whoever knowingly makes any false certificate, acknowledgment
or statement concerning the appearance before him or the taking of
an oath or affirmation or the signature, attestation or execution
by any person with respect to any application, declaration,
petition, affidavit, deposition, certificate of naturalization,
certificate of citizenship or other paper or writing required or
authorized by the laws relating to immigration, naturalization,
citizenship, or registry of aliens; or
(e) Whoever knowingly makes any false statement or claim that he
is, or at any time has been, a citizen or national of the United
States, with the intent to obtain on behalf of himself, or any
other person, any Federal or State benefit or service, or to engage
unlawfully in employment in the United States; or
(f) Whoever knowingly makes any false statement or claim that he
is a citizen of the United States in order to register to vote or
to vote in any Federal, State, or local election (including an
initiative, recall, or referendum) -
Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five
years, or both. Subsection (f) does not apply to an alien if each
natural parent of the alien (or, in the case of an adopted alien,
each adoptive parent of the alien) is or was a citizen (whether by
birth or naturalization), the alien permanently resided in the
United States prior to attaining the age of 16, and the alien
reasonably believed at the time of making the false statement or
claim that he or she was a citizen of the United States.
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