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[CITE: 43USC1212]

 
                         TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
 
      CHAPTER 28--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS
 
               SUBCHAPTER X--OATHS IN CERTAIN LAND MATTERS
 
Sec. 1212. Unsworn written statements subject to penalties of 
        presenting false claims
        
    Unsworn written statements made in public land matters within the 
jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior shall remain subject to 
section 1001 of title 18.

(June 3, 1948, ch. 392, Sec. 2, 62 Stat. 301.)

                          Codification

    ``Section 1001 of title 18'' substituted in text for ``section 35(A) 
of the Criminal Code (35 Stat. 1095, 18 U.S.C. sec. 80), as amended'' on 
authority of act June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 683, the first section 
of which enacted Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure.


 Exemption of Department of the Interior From Provisions of District of 
                        Columbia Code Sec. 1-501

    Section 3 of act June 3, 1948, provided: ``That part of section 558 
of the Act of March 3, 1901, entitled `An Act to establish a code of law 
for the District of Columbia' (31 Stat. 1279), as amended December 15, 
1944 (58 Stat. 810, D.C. Code, 1951 edition, sec. 1-501) [D.C. Code, 
Sec. 1-801], which reads as follows: `And provided further, That no 
notary public shall be authorized to take acknowledgments, administer 
oaths, certify papers, or perform any official acts in connection with 
matters in which he is employed as counsel, attorney or agent or in 
which he may be in any way interested before any of the Departments 
aforesaid' shall not apply to matters before the Department of the 
Interior.''
