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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1541. Issuance without authority
Whoever, acting or claiming to act in any office or capacity
under the United States, or a State, without lawful authority
grants, issues, or verifies any passport or other instrument in the
nature of a passport to or for any person whomsoever; or
Whoever, being a consular officer authorized to grant, issue, or
verify passports, knowingly and willfully grants, issues, or
verifies any such passport to or for any person not owing
allegiance, to the United States, whether a citizen or not -
Shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 25
years (if the offense was committed to facilitate an act of
international terrorism (as defined in section 2331 of this
title)), 20 years (if the offense was committed to facilitate a
drug trafficking crime (as defined in section 929(a) of this
title)), 10 years (in the case of the first or second such offense,
if the offense was not committed to facilitate such an act of
international terrorism or a drug trafficking crime), or 15 years
(in the case of any other offense), or both.
For purposes of this section, the term "State" means a State of
the United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth,
territory, or possession of the United States.
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