TITLE 18, Sec. 80. (CRIMINAL CODE, SECTION 35, AMENDED.) PRESENTING FALSE CLAIMS. Whoever shall make or cause to be made or present or cause to be presented, for payment or approval, to or by any person or officer in the civil, military, or naval service of the United States, or any department thereof, or any corporation in which the United States of America is a stockholder, any claim upon or against the Government of the United States, or any department or officer thereof, or any corporation in which the United States of America. is a stockholder, knowing such claim to be false, fictitious, or fraudulent; or whoever shall knowingly and willfully falsify or conceal or cover up by any trick, scheme, or device a material fact, or cause to be made any false or fraudulent statements or representations, or make or use or cause to be made or used any false bill, receipt, voucher, roll, account, claim, certificate, affidavit, or deposition, knowing the same to contain any fraudulent or fictitious statement or entry, in any matter within the jurisdiction of any department or agency of the United States or of any corporation in which the United States of America is a stockholder shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. (R. S. Sec. 5438; May 30, 1908, c. 235, 35 Stat. 555; Mar. 4, 1909, c. 321, Sec. 35, 35 Stat. 1095; Oct. 23, 1918, c. 194, 40 Stat. 1015; June 18, 1934, c. 587, 48 Stat. 996.)

TITLE 18, Sec. 82. (CRIMINAL CODE, SECTION 35, (C), AMENDED.) PURLOINING, STEALING OR INJURING PROPERTY OF UNITED STATES OR PROPERTY MANUFACTURED UNDER CONTRACT FOR WAR OR NAVY DEPARTMENTS. Whoever shall take and carry away or take for his use, or for the use of another, with intent to steal or purloin or shall willfully injure or commit any depredation against, any property of the United States, or any branch or department thereof, or any corporation in which the United States of America is a stockholder, or any property which has been or is being made, manufactured, or constructed under contract for the War or Navy Departments of the United States, shall be punished as follows: If the value of such property exceeds the sum of $50, by a fine of not more than $10,000 or imprisonment for not more than ten years, or both; if the value of such property does not exceed the sum of $50, by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment in a jail for not more than one year, or both. Value, as used in this section, shall mean market value or cost price, either wholesale or retail, whichever shall be the greater. (As amended April 4, 1938, c. 69, 52 Stat. 197.)

TITLE 18, Section 84. (CRIMINAL CODE, SECTION 35 AMENDED). UNAUTHORIZED DELIVERY OF CERTIFICATE, VOUCHER, RECEIPT, ETC., FOR MILITARY OR NAVAL PROPERTY. Whoever, being authorized to make or deliver any certificate, voucher, receipt, or other paper certifying the receipt of arms, ammunition, provisions, clothing, or other property used or to be used in the military or naval service, shall make or deliver the same to any other person without a full knowledge of the truth of the facts stated therein and with intent to defraud the United States, or any department thereof, or any corporation in which the United States of America is a stockholder, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. (R. S. Sec. 5438; May 30, 1908, c. 255, 35 Stat. 555; Mar. 4, 1909, c. 321, Sec. 35, 35 Stat. 1095; Oct. 23, 1918, c. 194, 40 Stat. 1015; June 18, 1934, c. 587, 48 Stat. 996.)

TITLE 18, Sec. 85. (CRIMINAL CODE, SECTION 35, AMENDED.) UNAUTHORIZED DELIVERY OF MONEY OR PROPERTY FOR MILITARY OR NAVAL SERVICE. Whoever, having charge, possession, custody, or control of any money or other public property used or to be used in the military or naval service, with intent to defraud the United States, or any department thereof, or any corporation in which the United States of America is a stockholder, or willfully to conceal such money or other property, shall deliver or cause to be delivered to any person having authority to receive the same any amount of such money or other property less than that for which he received a certificate or took a receipt shall be fined not more than $10,000 or inprisoned not more than ten years, or both. (R. S. Sec. 5438; May 30, 1908, c. 235, 35 Stat. 555, Mar. 4, 1909, c. 321, Sec. 35, 35 Stat. 1095; Oct. 23, 1918, c. 194, 40 Stat. 1015; June 18, 1934, c. 587, 48 Stat. 996.)

TITLE 18, Sec. 87. (CRIMINAL CODE, SECTION 36.) EMBEZZLING ARMS AND STORES. Whoever shall steal, embezzle, or knowingly apply to his own use, or unlawfully sell, convey, or dispose of, any ordnance, arms, ammunition, clothing, subsistence, stores, money, or other property of the United States, furnished or to be used for the military or naval service, shall be punished as prescribed in sections 80 and 82 to 86 of this title. (R. S. Soc. 5439; Mar. 4, 1909, c. 321, Sec. 36, 35 Stat. 1096.)

TITLE 18, Sec. 95. (CRIMINAL CODE, SECTION 43.) ENTICING WORKMEN FROM ARSENALS OR ARMORIES. Whoever shall procure or entice any artificer or workman retained or employed in any arsenal or armory to depart from the same during the continuance of his engagement, or to avoid or break his contract with the United States; or whoever, after due notice of the engagement of such workman or artificer, during the continuance of such engagement, shall retain, hire, or in anywise employ, harbor, or conceal such artificer or workmen, shall be fined not more than $50, or imprisoned not more than three months, or both. (R. S. Sec. 1668; Mar. 4, 1909, c. 321, Sec. 43, 35 Stat. 1097.)

TITLE 18, Sec. 99. (CRIMINAL CODE, SECTION 46.) ROBBERY OF PERSONAL PROPERTY OF UNITED STATES. Whoever shall rob another of any kind or description of personal property belonging to the United States, or shall feloniously take and carry away the same, shall be fined not more than $5,000, or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. (R. S. Sec. 5456; Mar. 4, 1909, o. 321, Sec. 46, 35 Stat. 1097.)

TITLE 18, Sec. 100. (CRIMINAL CODE, SECTION 47.) EMBEZZLING PUBLIC MONEYS OR OTHER PROPERTY. Whoever shall embezzle, steal, or purloin any money, property, record, voucher, or valuable thing whatever, of the moneys, goods, chattels, records, or property of the United States, shall be fined not more than $5,000, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. (Mar. 3, 1875, c. 144, Sec. 1, 18 Stat. 479; Mar. 4, 1909, c. 321, Sec. 47, 35 Stat. 1097.)

TITLE 18, Sec. 101. (CRIMINAL CODE, SECTION 48.) RECEIVING STOLEN PUBLIC PROPERTY. Whoever shall receive, conceal, or aid in concealing, or shall have or retain in his possession with intent to convert to his own use or gain, any money, property, record, voucher, or valuable thing whatever, of the moneys, goods, chattels, records, or property of the United States, which has theretofore been embezzled, stolen, or purloined by any other person, knowing the same to have been so embezzled, stolen or purloined, shall be fined not more than $5,000, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both; and such person may be tried either before or after the conviction of the principal offender. (Mar. 3, 1875, c. 144, Sec. 2, 18 Stat. 479; Mar. 4, 1909, c. 321, Sec. 48, 35 Stat. 1098.)

TITLE, 18, Sec. 141. (CRIMINAL CODE, SECTION 79.) FALSELY CLATING CITIZENSHIP. Whoever shall knowingly use any certificate of naturalization heretofore or which hereafter may be granted by any court, which has been or may be procured through fraud or by false evidence, or which has been or may hereafter be issued by the clerk or any other officer of the court without any appearance and hearing of the applicant in court and without lawful authority; or whoever, for any fraudulent purpose whatever, shall falsely represent himself to be a citizen of the United States without having been duly admitted to citizen(R. S. Sec. ship, shall be fined not more than $1,000, or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. 5428, Mar. 4, 1909; c, 321, Sec. 79, 35 Stat. 1103.)

TITLE 18, Sec. 142. (CRIMINAL CODE, SECTION 80.) FALSELY SWEARING IN NATURALIZATION CASES. Whoever, in any proceeding under or by virtue of any law relating to the naturalization of aliens, shall knowingly swear falsely in any case where an oath is made or affidavit taken, shall be fined not more than $1,000 and imprisoned not more than five years. (R. S. Sec. 5395; Mar. 4, 1909, c. 321, Sec. 80, 35 Stat. 1103.) PENALTIES. Any

TITLE 18, Sec. 420a. INTERFERENCE WITH TRADE AND COMMERCE BY VIOLENCE, THREATS, ETC.; person who, in connection with or in relation to any act in any way or in any degree affecting trade or commerce or any article or commodity moving or about to move in trade or commerce-

(a) Obtains or attempts to obtain, by the use of or attempt to use or threat to use force, violence, or coercion, the payment of money or other valuable considerations, or the purchase or rental of property or protective services, not including, however, the payment of wages by a bona fide employer to a bona fide employee; or

(b) Obtains the property of another, with his consent, induced by wrongful use of force or fear, or under color of official right; or

(c) Commits or threatens to commit an act of physical violence or physical injury to a person or property in furtherance of a plan or purpose to violate subsections (a) or (b); or

(d) Conspires or acts concertedly with any other person or persons to commit any of the foregoing acts, shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment from one to ten years or by a fine of $10,000, or both. (June 18, 1934, c. 569, Sec. 2, 48 Stat. 979.)

TITLE 18, Sec. 420b. INTERFERENCE WITH TRADE AND COMMERCE BY VIOLENCE, THREATS, ETC.; DEFINITIONS. (a) As used in section 420a of this title the term "wrongful" means in violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any State or Territory.

(b) The terms "property", "money", or "valuable considerations" used in section 420a of this title shall not be deemed to include wages paid by a bona fide employer to a bona fide employee.

(c) The term "trade or commerce", as used in section 420a of this title, is defined to mean trade or commerce between any States, with foreign nations, in the District of Columbia, in any Territory of the United States, between any such Territory or the District of Columbia and any State or other Territory, and all other trade or commerce over which the United States has constitutional jurisdiction. (June 18, 1934, c. 569, Sections 1, 3, 48 Stat. 979. 980.)

TITLE 18, Sec. 420c. INTERFERENCE WITH TRADE AND COMMERCE BY VIOLENCE, THREATS, ETC.; PROSECUTIONS. Prosecutions under sections 420a to 4200 of this title shall be commenced only upon the express direction of the Attorney General of the United States. (June 18, 1934, c. 569, Sec. 4, 48 Stat. 980.)

TITLE 22, Sec. 220. FALSE STATEMENT IN APPLICATION; USE OF PASSPORT OBTAINED BY FALSE STATEMENT; PENALTY. Whoever shall willfully and knowingly make any false statement in an application for passport with intent to induce or secure the issuance of a passport under the authority of the United States, either for his own use or the use of another, contrary to the laws regulating the issuance of passports or the rules prescribed pursuant to such laws, or whoever shall willfully and knowingly use or attempt to use, or furnish to another for use, any passport the issue of which was secured in any way by reason of any false statement, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than ten years and may, in the discretion of the court, be fined not more than $2,000. (June 15, 1917, c. 30, Title IX, Sec. 2, 40 Stat. 227, Act of March 28, 1940, Public #43, 76th Cong. 3rd Sess.)

TITLE 22, Sec. 221. UNLAWFUL USE OF PASSPORT; PENALTY. Whoever shall willfully and knowingly use, or attempt to use, any passport issued or designed for the use of another than himself, or whoever shall willfully and knowingly use or attempt to use any passport in violation of the conditions or restrictions therein contained, or of the rules prescribed pursuant to the laws regulating the issuance of passports, which said rules shall be printed on the passport; or whoever shall willfully and knowingly furnish, dispose of, or deliver a passport to any person, for use by another than the person for whose use it was originally issued and designed, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than ten years and may, in the discretion of the court, be fined not more than $2,000. (June 15, 1917, c. 30, Title IX, Sec. 3, 40 Stat. 227, Act of March 28, 1940, Public #43, 76th Cong. 3rd Sess.)

THEFT AND DESTRUCTION OF GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS

TITLE 18, Sec. 92. (CRIMINAL CODE, SECTION 40.) UNLAWFULLY TAKING OR USING PAPERS RELATING TO CLAIMS. Whoever shall take and carry away, without authority from the United States, from the place where it has been filed, lodged, or deposited, or where it may for the time being actually be kept by authority of the United States, any certificate, affidavit, deposition, written statement of facts, power of attorney, receipt, voucher, assignment, or other document, record, file or paper, prepared, fitted, or intended to be used or presented in order to procure the payment of money from or by the United States, or any officer or agent thereof, or the allowance or payment of the whole or any part of any claim, account, or demand against the United States, whether the same has or has not already been so used or presented, and whether such claim, account, or demand, or any part thereof, has or has not already been allowed or paid; or whoever shall present, use, or attempt to use any such document, record, file, or paper so taken and carried away, in order to procure the payment of any money from or by the United States, or any officer or agent thereof, or the allowance or payment of the whole or any part of any claim, account, or demand against the United States, shall be fined not more than $5,000, or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. (R. S. Sec. 5454; March 4, 1909, c. 321, Sec. 40, 35 Stat. 1096.)

TITLE 18, Sec. 234. (CRIMINAL CODE, SECTION 128.) DESTROYING PUBLIC RECORDS. Whoever shall willfully and unlawfully conceal, remove, mutilate, obliterate, or destroy, or attempt to conceal, remove, mutilate, obliterate, or destroy, or with intent to conceal, remove, mutilate, obliterate, destroy, or steal, shall take and carry away any record, proceeding, map, book, paper, document, or other thing, filed or deposited with any clerk or officer of any court of the United States, or in any public office, or with any judicial or public officer of the United States, shall be fined not more than $2,000, or imprisoned not more than three years, or both. (R. S. Sec. 5403; Mar. 4, 1909; c. 321, Sec. 128, 35 Stat. 1111.)

ASSISTING FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS, FOREIGN ENLISTMENTS, NEUTRALITY, ETC.

TITLE 18, Sec. 5. (CRIMINAL CODE, SECTION 5, AS AMENDED.) CRIMINAL CORRESPONDENCE WITH FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS; REDRESS OR PRIVATE INJURIES EXCEPTED. Every citizen of the United States, whether actually resident or abiding within the same, or in any place subject to the jurisdiction thereof, or in any foreign country, who, without the permission or authority of the Government, directly or indirectly, commences or carries on any verbal or written correspondence or intercourse with any foreign government or any officer or agent thereof, with an intent to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government or of any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the Government of the United States; and every person, being a citizen of or resident within the United States or in any place subject to the jurisdiction thereof, and not duly authorized, who counsels, advises, or assists in any such correspondence with such intent, shall be fined not more than $5,000 and imprisoned not more than three years; but nothing in this section shall be construed to abridge the right of a citizen to apply, himself or his agent, to any foreign government or the agents thereof for redress of any injury which he may have sustained from such government or any of its agents or subjects. (R. S. Sec. 5335; Mar. 4, 1909, c. 321, Sec. 5, 35 Stat. 1088; Apr. 22, 1932, c. 126, 47 Stat. 132.)

TITLE 18, Sec. 22. (CRIMINAL CODE, SECTION 10, AMENDED.) ENLISTING IN FOREIGN SERVICE; EXCEPTIONS. Whoever, within the territory or jurisdiction of the United States, enlists or enters himself, or hires or retains another person to enlist or enter himself, or to go beyond the limits or jurisdiction of the United States with intent to be enlisted or entered in the service of any foreign prince, state, colony, district, or people as a soldier or as a marine or seaman on board of any vessel of war, letter of marque, or privateer shall be fined not more than $1,000 and imprisoned not more than three years: Provided, That this section shall not apply to citizens or subjects of any country engaged in war with a country with which the United States is at war, unless such citizen or subject of such foreign country shall hire or solicit a citizen of the United States to enlist or go beyond the jurisdiction of the United States with intent to enlist or enter the service of a foreign country. Enlistments under this proviso shall be under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of War. (R. S. Sec. 5282; Mar. 4, 1909, c. 321, Sec. 10, 35 Stat. 1089; May 7, 1917, c. 11, 40 Stat. 39.)

TITLE 18, Sec. 23. (CRIMINAL CODE, SECTION 11.) ARMING VESSELS AGAINST FRIENDLY POWERS; FORFEITURE OF VESSEL. Whoever, within the territory or jurisdiction of the United States, fits out and arms, or attempts to fit out and arm, or procures to be fitted out and armed, or knowingly is concerned in the furnishing, fitting out, or arming of any vessel, with intent that such vessel shall be employed in the service of any foreign prince, or state or of any colony, district, or people, to cruise, or commit hostilities against the subjects, citizens, or property of any foreign prince, or state, or of any colony, district, or people, with whom the United States are at peace, or whoever issues or delivers a commission within the territory or jurisdiction of the United States for any vessel, to the intent that she may be so employed, shall be fined not more than $10,000 and imprisoned not more than three years. And every such vessel, her tackle, apparel, and furniture, together with all materials, arms, ammunition, and stores which may have been procured for the building and equipment thereof, shall be forfeited; one half to the use of the informer and the other half to the use of the United States. (R. S. Sec. 5283; Mar. 4, 1909, c. 321, Sec. 11, 35 Stat. 1090.)

TITLE 18, Sec. 24. (CRIMINAL CODE, SECTION 12.) AUGMENTING FORCE OF FOREIGN ARMED VESSEL. Whoever within the territory or jurisdiction of the United States, increases or augments, or procures to be increased or augmented, or knowingly is concerned in increasing or augmenting, the force of any ship of war, cruiser, or other armed vessel which at the time of her arrival within the United States was a ship of war

or cruiser, or armed vessel, in the service of any foreign prince or state, or of any colony, district, or people, or belonging to the subjects or citizens of any such prince or state, colony, district, or people, the same being at war with any foreign prince or state, or of any colony, district, or people, with whom the United States are at peace, by adding to the number of the guns of such vessel, or by changing those on board of her for guns of a larger caliber, or by adding thereto any equipment solely applicable to war, shall be fined not more than $1,000 and imprisoned not more than one year. (R. S. Sec. 5285; Mar. 4, 1909,

c. 321, Sec. 12, 35 Stat. 1090.)

TITLE 18, Sec. 25. (CRIMINAL CODE, SECTION 13, AMENDED.) ORGANIZING MILITARY EXPEDITION AGAINST FRIENDLY POWER. Whoever, within the territory or jurisdiction of the United States or of any of its possessions, knowingly begins or sets on foot or provides or prepares a means for or furnishes the money for, or who takes part in any military or naval expedition or enterprise to be carried on from thence against the territory or dominion of any foreign prince or state, or of any colony, district, or people with whom the United States is at peace, shall be fined not more than $3,000 or imprisoned not more than three years, or both. (R. S. Soc. 5286; Mar. 4, 1909, c. 321, Sec. 13, 35 Stat. 1090; June 15, 1917, c. 30, Title V, Sec. 8, 40 Stat. 223.)

TITLE 18, Sec. 30. (CRIMINAL CODE, SECTION 18.) CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER; TRANSIENT ALIENS; PROSECUTIONS FOR TREASON OR PIRACY. The provisions of section 21 to 29 of this title shall not be construed to extend to any subject or citizen of any foreign prince, state, colony, district, or people who is transiently within the United States and enlists or enters himself on board of any vessel of war, letter of marque, or privateer, which at the time of its arrival within the United States was fitted and equipped as such, or hires or retains another subject or citizen of the same foreign prince, state, colony, district, or people who is transiently within the United States to enlist or enter himself to serve such foreign prince, state, colony, district, or people on board such vessel of war, letter of marque, or privateer, if the United States shall then be at peace with such foreign prince, state, colony, district, or people. Nor shall they be construed to prevent the prosecution or punishment of treason, or of any piracy defined by the laws of the United States. (R. S. Sec. 5291; Mar. 4, 1909, c. 321, Sec. 18, 35 Stat. 1091.)

TITLE 18, Sec. 33. (ENFORCEMENT OF NEUTRALITY; SENDING OUT ARMED VESSEL WITH INTENT TO DELIVER TO BELLIGERENT NATION. During a war in which the United States is a neutral nation, it shall be unlawful to send out of the jurisdiction of the United States any vessel built, armed, or equipped as a vessel of war, or converted from a private vessel into a vessel of war, with any intent or under any agreement or contract, written or oral, that such vessel shall be delivered to a belligerent nation, or to an agent, officer, or citizen of such nation, or with reasonable cause to believe that the said vessel shall or will be employed in the service of any such belligerent nation after its departure from the jurisdiction of the United States. (June 15, 1917, c. 30, Title V, Sec. 3, 40 Stat. 222.)

TITLE 18, Sec. 37. ENFORCEMENT OF NEUTRALITY; INTERNMENT OF PERSON BELONGING TO ARMED LAND OR NAVAL FORCES OF BELLIGERENT NATION; ARREST; PUNISHMENT FOR AIDING ESCAPE. Whoever, being a person belonging to the armed land or naval forces of a belligerent nation or belligerent faction of any nation and being interned in the United States, in accordance with the law of nations, shall leave or attempt to leave said jurisdiction, or shall leave or attempt to leave the limits of internment in which freedom of movement has been allowed, without permission from the proper official of the United States in charge, or shall willfully overstay a leave of absence granted by such official, shall be subject to arrest by any marshal or deputy marshal of the United States, or by the military or naval authorities thereof, and shall be returned to the place of internment and there confined and safely kept for such period of time as the official of the United States in charge shall direct; and whoever, within the jurisdiction of the United States and subject thereto, shall aid or entice any interned person to escape or attempt to escape from the jurisdiction of the United States, or from the limits of internment prescribed, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. (June 15, 1917, c. 30, Title V, Sec. 7, 40 Stat. 223.)

TITLE 18, Sec. 98. POSSESSION OR CONTROL OF PROPERTY OR PAPERS IN AID OF FOREIGN GOVERNMENT DESIGNED OR INTENDED FOR VIOLATING PENAL STATUTES, TREATY RIGHTS, OR OBLIGATIONS OF UNITED STATES; OR RIGHTS UNDER LAW OF NATIONS. Whoever, in aid of any foreign government, shall knowingly and willfully have possession of or control over any property or papers designed or intended for use or which is used as the means of violating any penal statute, or any of the rights or obligations of the United States under any treaty or the law of nations, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than ten years and may, in the discretion of the court, be fined not more than $1,000. The term "United States", as used in this section, includes the Canal Zone, and all territory and waters, continental or insular, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. The words "Foreign Government", as used in this section, shall be deemed to include any government, faction, or body of insurgents within a country with which the United States is at peace, which government, faction, or body of insurgents may or may not have been recognized by the United States as a government. (June 15, 1917, o. 30, Title VIII, Sec. 4, 40 Stat. 226; June 15, 1917, c. 30, Title XI, Sec. 22, 40 Stat. 230; June 15, 1917, c. 30, Title XIII, Sec. 1, 40 Stat. 231., Act of March 28, 1940, Public #443, 76th Cong. 3rd Sess.)

TITLE 18, Sec. 494. (CRIMINAL CODE, SECTION 303.) ARMING VESSEL TO CRUISE AGAINST CITIZENS; TRIALS. Whoever, being a citizen of the United States, without the limits thereof, fits out and arms, or attempts to fit out and arm, or procures to be fitted out and armed, or knowingly aids or is concerned in furnishing, fitting out, or arming any private vessel of war or privateer, with intent that such vessel shall be employed to cruise or commit hostilities upon the citizens of the United States or their property, or whoever takes the command of or enters on board of any such vessel for such intent, or who purchases any

interest in any such vessel with a view to share in the profits thereof, shall be fined not more than $10,000 and imprisoned not more than ten years. The trial for such offense, if committed without the limits of the United States, shall be in the district in which the offender shall be apprehended or first brought. (R. S. Sec. 5284; Mar. 4, 1909, c. 321, Sec. 303, 35 Stat. 1147.)

TITLE 19, Sec. 1702 (SUPP. V.) SMUGGLING INTO TERRITORY OF FOREIGN GOVERNMENT--(a) ALLOWING VESSEL OWNED OR CONTROLLED TO ENGAGE IN SMUGGLING; PERSONS AIDING OR ASSISTING VESSEL; PENALTY. Any person owning in whole or in part any vessel of the United States who employs, or participates in, or allows the employment of, such vessel for the purpose of smuggling, or attempting to smuggle, or assisting in smuggling, any merchandise into the territory of any foreign government in violation of the laws there in force, if under the laws of such foreign government any penalty or forfeiture is provided for violation of the laws of the United States respecting the customs revenue, and any citizen of, or person domiciled in, or any corporation incorporated in, the United States, controlling or substantially participating in the control of any such vessel, directly or indirectly, whether through ownership or corporate shares or otherwise, and allowing the employment of said vessel for any such purpose, and any person found, or discovered to have been, on board of any such vessel so employed and participating or assisting in any such purpose, shall be liable to a fine of not more than $5,000 or to imprisonment for not more than two years, or to both such fine and imprisonment.

It shall con

(b) LESSOR OR CHARTERER OF VESSEL WITH KNOWLEDGE OR PURPOSE TO SMUGGLE AS WITHIN SECTION. stitute an offense under this section to hire out or charter a vessel if the lessor or charterer has knowledge, that, or if such vessel is leased or chartered under circumstances which would give rise to a reasonable belief that, the lessee or person chartering the vessel intends to employ such vessel for any of the purposes described in subsection (a) and if such vessel is, during the time such lease or charter is in effect, employed for any such purpose. (Aug. 5, 1935, c. 438, Title I, Sec. 2, 49 Stat. 518.)

TITLE 22, Sec. 231. MAKING FALSE STATEMENT TO INFLUENCE CONDUCT OF FOREIGN GOVERNMENT TOWARD UNITED STATES. Whoever, in relation to any dispute or controversy between a foreign government and the United States, shall willfully and knowingly make any untrue statement, either orally or in writing, under oath before any person authorized and empowered to administer oaths, which the affiant has knowledge or reason to believe will, or may be used to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government, or of any officer or agent of any foreign government, to the injury of the United States, or with a view or intent to influence any measure of or action by the Government of the United States, or any branch thereof, to the injury of the United States, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than ten years and may, in the discretion of the court, be fined not more than $5,000. (June 15, 1917, c. 30, Title VIII, Sec. 1, 40 Stat. 226, Act of March 28, 1940, Public #443, 76th Cong. 3rd Sess.)

TITLE 22, Sec. 232. WRONGFUL ASSUMPTION OF CHARACTER OF DIPLOMATIC OR CONSULAR OFFICER. Whoever within the jurisdiction of the United States shall falsely assume or pretend to be a diplomatic or consular, or other official of a foreign government duly accredited as such to the Government of the United States with intent to defraud such foreign government or any person, and shall take upon himself to act as such, or in such pretended character shall demand or obtain, or attempt to obtain from any person or from said foreign government, or from any officer thereof, any money, paper, document, or other thing of value, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than ten years and may, in the discretion of the court, be fined not more than $5,000. (June 15, 1917, c. 30, Title VIII, Sec. 2, 40 Stat. 226, Act of March 28, 1940, Public #3, 76th Cong. 3rd Sess.)

TITLE 22, Sec. 234. CONSPIRACY TO INJURE PROPERTY OF FOREIGN GOVERNMENT; INDICTMENT. If two or more persons within the jurisdiction of the United States conspire to injure or destroy specific property situated within a foreign country and belonging to a foreign government or to any political subdivision thereof with which the United States is at peace, or any railroad, canal, bridge, or other public utility so situated, and if one or more such persons commits an act within the jurisdiction of the United States to effect the object of the conspiracy, each of the parties to the conspiracy shall be fined not more than $5,000, or imprisoned not more than three years, or both. Any indictment or information under this section shall describe the specific property which it was the object of the conspiracy to injure or destroy. (June 15, 1917, c. 30, Title VIII, Seo. 5, 40 Stat. 226.)

TITLE 22, Sec. 236. EXPORTATIONS OF MUNITIONS OF WAR RESTRICTED. Whenever the President finds that in any American country, or in any country in which the United States exercises extraterritorial jurisdiction, conditions of domestic violence exist, which are or may be promoted by the use of arms or munitions of war procured from the United States, and makes proclamation thereof, it shall be unlawful to export, except under such limitations and exceptions as the President prescribes, any arms or munitions of war from any place in the United States to such country until otherwise ordered by the President or by Congress. (Jan. 31, 1922, c. 44, Sec. 1, 42 Stat. 361.)

TITLE 22, Sec. 237. PENALTY FOR EXPORTATION OF MUNITIONS OF WAR. Whoever exports any arms or munitions of war in violation of section 236 of this title shall, on conviction, be punished by fine not exceeding $10,000, or by imprisonment not exceeding two years, or both. (Jan. 31, 1922, c. 44, Sec. 2, 42 Stat. 361.)

TITLE 22, Sec. 2451-4. TRAVEL ON VESSELS OF BELLIGERENT STATES. (a) Whenever the President shall have issued a proclamation under the authority of section 245j (a) it shall thereafter be unlawful for any citizen of the United States to travel on any vessel of any state named in such proclamation, except in accordance with such rules and regulations as may be prescribed.