15 CFR 4.32 - Penalties.

Regulations last checked for updates: May 19, 2024

Title 15 - Commerce and Foreign Trade last revised: May 14, 2024

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§ 4.32 - Penalties.

(a) The Act provides, in pertinent part:

Any person who knowingly and willfully requests or obtains any record concerning an individual from an agency under false pretenses shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not more than $5,000. (5 U.S.C. 552a(i)(3)).

(b) A person who falsely or fraudulently attempts to obtain records under the Act also may be subject to prosecution under such other criminal statutes as 18 U.S.C. 494,495.

authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 5 U.S.C. 552; 5 U.S.C. 552a; 5 U.S.C. 553; 31 U.S.C. 3717; 44 U.S.C. 3101; Reorganization Plan No. 5 of 1950

source: 66 FR 65632, Dec. 20, 2001, unless otherwise noted.

cite as: 15 CFR 4.32