PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 645-JUNE 25, 1948 [62 STAT. CHAPTER 69.- NATIONALITY AND CITIZENSHIP Sec. 1421. Accounts of court officers. 1422. Fees in naturalization proceedings. 1423. Misuse of evidence of citizenship or naturalization. 1424. Personation or misuse of papers in naturalization proceedings. 1425. Procurement of citizenship or naturalization unlawfully. 1426. Reproduction of naturalization or citizenship papers. 1427. Sale of naturalization or citizenship papers. 1428. Surrender of cancelled naturalization certificate. § 1421. ACCoUNTS or COURT OFFICERS Whoever, being a clerk or assistant clerk of a court, or other person charged by law with a duty to render true accounts of moneys received in any proceeding relating to citizenship, naturalization, or registra- tion of aliens or to pay over any balance of such moneys due to the United States, willfully neglects to do so within thirty days after said payment shall become due and demand therefor has been made, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. § 1422. FEES IN NATURALIZATION PROCEEDINGS Whoever knowingly demands, charges, solicits, collects, or receives, or agrees to charge, solicit, collect, or receive any eor or additional fees or moneys in proceedings relating to naturalization or citizenship or the registry of aliens beyond the fees and moneys authorized by law, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. § 1423. MISUSE OF EVIDENCE OF CITIZENSHIP OR NATURALIZATION Whoever knowingly uses for any purpose any order, certificate, certificate of naturalization, certificate of citizenship, judgment, de- cree, or exemplification, unlawfully issued or made, or copies or dupli- cates thereof, showing any person to be naturalized or admitted to be a citizen, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. § 1424. PERSONATION OR MISUSE OF PAPERS IN NATURALIZATION PRO- CEEDINGS Whoever, whether as applicant, declarant, petitioner, witness or otherwise, in any naturalization or citizenship proceeding, knowingly personates another or appears falsely in the name of a deceased per- son or in an assumed or fictitious name; or Whoever knowingly and unlawfully uses or attempts to use, as show- ing naturalization or citizenship of any person, any order, certificate, certificate of naturalization, certificate of citizenship, judgment, decree, or exemplification, or copies or duplicates thereof, issued to another person, or in a fictitious name or in the name of a deceased person- Shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. § 1425. PROCUREMENT OF CITIZENSHIP OR NATURALIZATION UNLAW- FULLY (a) Whoever knowingly procures or attempts to procure, contrary to law, the naturalization of any person, or documentary or other evi- dence of naturalization or of citizenship; or (b) Whoever, whether for himself or another person not entitled thereto, knowingly issues, procures or obtains or applies for or other- wise attempts to procure or obtain naturalization, or citizenship, or a declaration of intention to become a citizen, or a certificate of arrival or any certificate or evidence of nationalization or citizenship, docu- mentary or otherwise, or duplicates or copies of any of the foregoing- 766
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