§ 1621. Perjury generally

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1948

   Pub. L. 80–645 · 62 Stat. 683

   Enacted · 18 U.S.C. § 1621

   June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 773

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 773

2. 1964

   Pub. L. 88–619 § 1 · 78 Stat. 995

   Inserted · 18 U.S.C. § 1621

   Pub. L. 88–619 inserted at end “This section is applicable whether the statement or subscription is made within or without the United States.”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 88–619 inserted at end “This section is applicable whether the statement or subscription is made within or without the United States.”

3. 1976

   Pub. L. 94–550 § 2 · 90 Stat. 2534

   Added · 18 U.S.C. § 1621

   Pub. L. 94–550 divided existing provisions into a single introductory word “Whoever”, par. (1), and closing provisions following par. (2), and added par. (2)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 94–550 divided existing provisions into a single introductory word “Whoever”, par. (1), and closing provisions following par. (2), and added par. (2).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 2. Section 1621 of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: “§ 1621. Perjury generally “Whoever— “(1) having taken an oath before a competent tribunal, officer, or person, in any case in which a law of the United States authorizes an oath to be administered, that he will testify, declare, depose, or certify truly, or that, any written testimony, declaration, deposition, or certificate by him subscribed, is true, willfully and contrary to such oath states or subscribes any material matter which he does not believe to be true; or “(2) in any declaration, certificate, verification, or statement under penalty of perjury as permitted under section 1746 of title 28, United States Code, willfully subscribes as true any material matter which he does not believe to be true; is guilty of perjury and shall, except as otherwise expressly provided by law, be fined not more than $2,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. This section is applicable whether the statement or subscription is made within or without the United States.”.

4. 1994

   Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994

   Pub. L. 103–322 title XXXIII § 330016(1)(I) · 108 Stat. 1796

   Substituted · 18 U.S.C. § 1621

   Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $2,000” in concluding provisions

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $2,000” in concluding provisions.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (I) in sections 331, 482, 486, 499, 755, 873, 958, 1016, 1154, 1156, 1381, 1542, 1543, 1544, 1545, 1586, 1621, 1622, 1702, 1708, 1709, 1920, 1921, 1923, 2071, 2193, 2233, 2386, and 2424 by striking “not more than $2,000” each place it appears and inserting “under this title”;

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