Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 18 : Section 1424


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 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.



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