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 699 62 STAT.] 80TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 645 -JUNE 25, 1948 Whoever for the purpose of obtaining or aiding to obtain the pay- ment or approval of any such claim or application, makes or uses any false statement, certificate, affidavit, or deposition; or Whoever knowingly and willfully misrepresents, or misstates, or, for the purpose aforesaid, knowingly and willfully conceals any material fact or circumstance in respect of any such claim or applica- tion for indemnity- Shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. Where the amount of such claim or application for indemnity is less than $100 only a fine shall be imposed. § 289. FALSE CLAIMS FOR PENSIONS Whoever knowingly and willfully makes, or presents any false, fictitious or fraudulent affidavit, declaration, certificate, voucher, endorsement, or paper or writing purporting to be such, concerning any claim for pension or payment thereof, or pertaining to any other matter within the jurisdiction of the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, or knowingly or willfully makes or presents any paper required as a voucher in drawing a pension, which paper bears a date subsequent to that upon which it was actually signed or acknowledged by the pensioner; or Whoever knowingly and falsely certifies that the declarant, affiant, or witness named in such declaration, affidavit, voucher, endorsement, or other paper or writing personally appeared before him and was sworn thereto, or acknowledged the execution thereof- Shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. § 290. DISCHARGE PAPERS WITHHELD BY CLAIM AGENT Whoever, being a claim agent, attorney, or other person engaged in the collection of claims for pay, pension, or other allowances for any soldier, sailor, or marine, or for any commissioned officer of the military or naval forces, or for any person who may have been a soldier, sailor, marine, or officer of the regular or volunteer forces of the United States, or for his dependents or beneficiaries, retains, without the con- sent of the owner or owners thereof, or refuses to deliver or account for the same upon demandd duly lmade by the owner or owners thereof, or by their agent or attorney, the discharge papers of any such soldier s[ailor, or marine, or commissioned officer, which may have been placed in his hands for the purpose of collecting said clains, shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than six months, or both; and shall be debarred from prosecuting any such claim in any department or agency of the United States. § 291. PURCHASE OF CLAIMS FOR FEES BY COURT OFFICIALS Whoever, being a judge, clerk, or deputy clerk of any court of the United States or a Territory or Possession thereof, or a United States district attorney, assistant attorney, marshal, deputy marshal, com- missioner, or other person holding any office or employment, or position of trust or profit under the United States, directly or indirectly pur- chases at less than the full face value thereof, any claim against the United States for the fee, mileage, or expenses of any witness, juror, deputy marshal, or any other officer of such court, shall be fined not more than $1,000. CHAPTER 17.- - COINS AND CURRENCY Sec. 331. Mutilation, diminution, and falsification of coins. 332. Debasement of coins; alteration of official scales, or embezzlement of metals. 333. Mutilation of national bank obligations. 334. Issuance of Federal Reserve or national bank notes. 335. Circulation of obligations of expired corporations. 336. Issuance of circulating obligations of less than $1.

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