Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 70 — Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards
§ 5420. Failure to report violations; penalties
Statutory text
Any person, other than an officer or employee of the United States, or a person exercising inspection functions under a State plan pursuant to section 5422 of this title, who knowingly and willfully fails to report a violation of any construction or safety standard established under section 5403 of this title may be fined up to $1,000 or imprisoned for up to one year, 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.
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974
Pub. L. 93–383 title VI § 621 · 88 Stat. 634
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 5420
(Pub. L. 93–383, title VI, § 621, Aug. 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 712.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 93–383, title VI, § 621, Aug. 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 712.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 621. penalties on inspections Any person, other than an officer or employee of the 42 USC 5420. United States, or a person exercising inspection functions under a State plan pursuant to section 623, who knowingly and willfully fails to report a violation of any construction or safety standard established under section 604 may be fined up to $1,000 or imprisoned for up to one year, or both.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective upon the expiration of 180 days following , see section 627 of Pub. L. 93–383, set out as a note under section 5401 of this title.