Title 29 — Labor
Chapter 11 — Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Procedure
§ 439. Violations and penalties
Statutory text
Willful violations of provisions of subchapter
Any person who willfully violates this subchapter shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.
False statements or representations of fact with knowledge of falsehood
Any person who makes a false statement or representation of a material fact, knowing it to be false, or who knowingly fails to disclose a material fact, in any document, report, or other information required under the provisions of this subchapter shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.
False entry in or willful concealment, etc., of books and records
Any person who willfully makes a false entry in or willfully conceals, withholds, or destroys any books, records, reports, or statements required to be kept by any provision of this subchapter shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.
Personal responsibility of individuals required to sign reports
Each individual required to sign reports under sections 431 and 433 of this title shall be personally responsible for the filing of such reports and for any statement contained therein which he knows to be false.
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.
Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959
Pub. L. 86–257 title II § 209 · 73 Stat. 519
Enacted · 29 U.S.C. § 439
(Pub. L. 86–257, title II, § 209, Sept. 14, 1959, 73 Stat. 529.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 86–257, title II, § 209, Sept. 14, 1959, 73 Stat. 529.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 209. criminal provisions (a) Any person who willfully violates this title shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both. (b) Any person who makes a false statement or representation of a material tact, knowing it to be false, or who knowingly fails to disclose a material fact, in any document, report, or other information required under the provisions of this title shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both. (c) Any person who willfully makes a false entry in or willfully conceals, withholds, or destroys any books, records, reports, or state-ments required to be kept by any provision of this title shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both. (d) Each individual required to sign reports under sections 201 and 203 shall be personally responsible for the filing of such reports and for any statement contained therein which he knows to be false.
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