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Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters

Chapter 19 — Saint Lawrence Seaway

§ 990. Offenses and penalties

Statutory text

(a)

Application of penal statutes

All general penal statutes relating to the larceny, embezzlement, or conversion, of public moneys or property of the United States shall apply to the moneys and property of the Corporation.

(b)

Frauds and false entries, reports, or statements

Any person who, with intent to defraud the Corporation, or to deceive any director, officer, or employee of the Corporation or any officer or employee of the United States, (1) makes any false entry in any book of the Corporation, or (2) makes any false report or statement for the Corporation, shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

(c)

Receipt of compensation, or conspiracy, with intent to defraud, etc.

Any person who shall receive any compensation, rebate, or reward, or shall enter into any conspiracy, collusion, or agreement, express or implied, with intent to defraud the Corporation or wrongfully and unlawfully to defeat its purposes, shall, on conviction thereof, be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

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. (May 13, 1954, ch. 201, § 9, 68 Stat. 96.) · 68 Stat. 96

    Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 990

    (May 13, 1954, ch. 201, § 9, 68 Stat. 96.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (May 13, 1954, ch. 201, § 9, 68 Stat. 96.)

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Credits

(May 13, 1954, ch. 201, § 9, 68 Stat. 96.)

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