                 TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                             PART I--CRIMES
 
                 CHAPTER 47--FRAUD AND FALSE STATEMENTS
 
Sec. 1019. Certificates by consular officers

    Whoever, being a consul, or vice consul, or other person employed in 
the consular service of the United States, knowingly certifies falsely 
to any invoice, or other paper, to which his certificate is authorized 
or required by law, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not 
more than three years, or both.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 753; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, 
Sec. 330016(1)(L), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 127 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 
321, Sec. 70, 35 Stat. 1101).
    Mandatory punishment provision was rephrased in the alternative.
    Changes were made in phraseology.


                               Amendments

    1994--Pub. L. 103-322 substituted ``fined under this title'' for 
``fined not more than $10,000''.
