                 TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                     PART III--PRISONS AND PRISONERS
 
                     CHAPTER 301--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 4004. Oaths and acknowledgments

    The wardens and superintendents, associate wardens and 
superintendents, chief clerks, and record clerks, of Federal penal or 
correctional institutions, may administer oaths to and take 
acknowledgments of officers, employees, and inmates of such 
institutions, but shall not demand or accept any fee or compensation 
therefor.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 848; July 7, 1955, ch. 282, 69 Stat. 
282; Pub. L. 98-473, title II, Sec. 223(l), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 
2029.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 754 (Feb. 11, 1938, ch. 
24, Secs. 1, 2, 52 Stat. 28).
    Section was extended to include superintendents and associate 
superintendents.
    Minor changes were made in phraseology. Words ``the authority 
conferred by'' were omitted as surplusage.


                               Amendments

    1984--Pub. L. 98-473 substituted ``and record clerks'' for ``record 
clerks, and parole officers''.
    1955--Act July 7, 1955, permitted chief clerks, record clerks, and 
parole officers to administer oaths and take acknowledgments.


                    Effective Date of 1984 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 98-473 effective Nov. 1, 1987, and applicable 
only to offenses committed after the taking effect of such amendment, 
see section 235(a)(1) of Pub. L. 98-473, set out as an Effective Date 
note under section 3551 of this title.
