{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/s1423","title_num":"18","num":"§ 1423.","heading":"Misuse of evidence of citizenship or naturalization","status":null,"guid":"idbce2d1f4-4aa6-11eb-bce4-d6beeb6aa2d0","source_credit":"(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 766; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(K), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)","seq_in_title":525,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI/ch69","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18","level":"title","num":"Title 18—","heading":"CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI","level":"part","num":"PART I—","heading":"CRIMES","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI/ch69","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 69—","heading":"NATIONALITY AND CITIZENSHIP","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<section xmlns=\"http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" xmlns:dcterms=\"http://purl.org/dc/terms/\" style=\"-uslm-lc:I80\" id=\"id74adceb8-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s1423\"><num value=\"1423\">§ 1423.</num><heading> Misuse of evidence of citizenship or naturalization</heading><content>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">Whoever knowingly uses for any purpose any order, certificate, certificate of naturalization, certificate of citizenship, judgment, decree, or exemplification, unlawfully issued or made, or copies or duplicates thereof, showing any person to be naturalized or admitted to be a citizen, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.</p>\n</content><sourceCredit id=\"id74adceb9-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\">(<ref href=\"/us/act/1948-06-25/ch645\">June 25, 1948, ch. 645</ref>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/62/766\">62 Stat. 766</ref>; <ref href=\"/us/pl/103/322/tXXXIII/s330016/1/K\">Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(K)</ref>, <date date=\"1994-09-13\">Sept. 13, 1994</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/108/2147\">108 Stat. 2147</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n<notes type=\"uscNote\" id=\"id74adceba-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\">\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"historicalAndRevision\" id=\"id74adcebb-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Historical and Revision Notes</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Based on subsections (a)(14), (b), (d) of <ref href=\"/us/usc/t8/s746\">section 746 of title 8</ref>, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Aliens and Nationality (<ref href=\"/us/act/1940-10-14/ch876/s346/a/14\">Oct. 14, 1940, ch. 876, § 346(a)(14)</ref>, (b), (d), <ref href=\"/us/stat/54/1165\">54 Stat. 1165</ref>, 1167).</p>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Section consolidates subsections (a) paragraph (14), (b), (d), and the general punishment provision of <ref href=\"/us/usc/t8/s746\">section 746 of title 8</ref>, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Aliens and Nationality.</p>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">The reference “for the purpose of voting” was omitted as surplusage being embraced in the all-inclusive phrase “for any purpose.”</p>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Changes in phraseology were made.</p>\n</note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" role=\"crossHeading\" topic=\"editorialNotes\" id=\"id74adcebc-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered\"><b>Editorial Notes</b></heading></note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"amendments\" id=\"id74adcebd-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Amendments</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">1994—<ref href=\"/us/pl/103/322\">Pub. L. 103–322</ref> substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $5,000”.</p>\n</note>\n</notes>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"116-214","currency_date":"2020-12-05","congress":116,"law_num":214,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":218,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["02","09","11a","15","16","18","18a","20","21","22","28a","31","37","38","39","40","41","51","52","54"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}