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title: "42 U.S.C. § 1713"
description: "Fraud; penalties"
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title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
chapter_number: "12"
chapter_name: "COMPENSATION FOR INJURY, DEATH, OR DETENTION OF EMPLOYEES OF CONTRACTORS WITH UNITED STATES OUTSIDE UNITED STATES"
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# 42 U.S.C. § 1713 - Fraud; penalties
## Text
Whoever, for the purpose of causing an increase in any payment authorized to be made under this chapter, or for the purpose of causing any payment to be made where no payment is authorized hereunder, shall knowingly make or cause to be made, or aid or abet in the making of any false statement or representation of a material fact in any application for any payment under subchapter I, or knowingly make or cause to be made, or aid or abet in the making of any false statement, representation, affidavit, or document in connection with such an application, or claim, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.
(Dec. 2, 1942, ch. 668, title II, § 203, 56 Stat. 1034.)