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 PUBLIC LAWS--CH. 645-JUNE 25, 1948 Whoever, except under direction of the Attorney General or other proper officer, knowingly possesses any blank permit, or engraves, sells, brings into the United States, or has in his control or possession any plate in the likeness of a plate designed for the printing of permits, or makes any print, photograph, or impression in the likeness of any immigration visa or permit, or has in his possession a distinctive paper which has been adopted by the Attorney General for the print- ing of immigration visas or permits; or Whoever, when applying for an immigration visa or permit, or for admission to the United States, personates another, or falsely appears in the name of a deceased individual, or evades or attempts to evade the immigration laws by appearing under an assumed or fictitious name, or sells or otherwise disposes of, or offers to sell or otherwise dispose of, or utters, an immigration visa or permit, to any person not authorized by law to receive such document; or Whoever knowingly makes under oath any false statement in any application, affidavit, or other document required by the immigration laws or regulations prescribed thereunder- Shall be fined not more than $2,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. CHAPTER 77.-P E O NAG E AND SLAVEBY Sec. 1581. Peonage, obstructing enforcement. 1582. Vessels for slave trade. 1583. Enticement into slavery. 1584. Sale into involuntary servitude. 1585. Seizure, detention, transportation or sale of slaves. 1586. Service on vessels in slave trade. 1587. Possession of slaves aboard vessel. 1588. Transportation of slaves from United States. § 1581. PEONAGE; OBSTRUCTING ENFORCEMENT (a) Whoever holds or returns any person to a condition of peonage, or arrests any person with the intent of placing him in or returning him to a condition of peonage, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. (b) Whoever obstructs, or attempts to obstruct, or in any way interferes with or prevents the enforcement of this section, shall be liable to the penalities prescribed in subsection (a). § 1582. VESELS FOR SLAVE TRADE Whoever, whether as master, factor, or owner, builds, fits out, equips, loads, or otherwise prepares or sends away any vessel, in any port or place within the United States, or causes such vessel to sail from any such port or place, for the purpose of procuring any person from any foreign kingdom or country to be transported and held, sold, or otherwise disposed of as a slave, or held to service or labor, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than seven years, or both. § 1583. ENTICEMENTINTOrSLAVERY Whoever kidnaps or carries away any other person, with the intent that such other person be sold into involuntary servitude, or held as a slave; or Whoever entices, persuades, or induces any other person to go on board any vessel or to any other place with the intent that he may be made or held as a slave, or sent out of the country to be so made or held- Shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. [62 STAT.

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