Title 43 — Public Lands
Chapter 31 — Department of the Interior
§ 1476. Elimination of oaths for written statements; discretion of Secretary of the Interior
Statutory text
Written statement in public land matters within the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior, heretofore required by law to be made under oath, need no longer be made under oath unless the Secretary of the Interior shall, in his discretion, so require.
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.
Pub. L. 80–392 § 1 · 62 Stat. 301
Enacted · 43 U.S.C. § 1476
(June 3, 1948, ch. 392, § 1, 62 Stat. 301.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(June 3, 1948, ch. 392, § 1, 62 Stat. 301.)
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Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 1211 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Credits
(June 3, 1948, ch. 392, § 1, 62 Stat. 301.)