§ 1212. — Unsworn written statements subject to penalties of presenting false claims.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[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 Restrictions on Notary
Public
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), 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.''
