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 66 S T A T. ]

PUBLIC LAW 550-JULY 16, 1952

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FALSE OR MISLEADING STAl'EMENTS

SEC. 268. The Administrator shall not make any payments under this title to any person found by him to have willfully submitted any false or misleading claims. I n each case where the Administrator finds that an educational institution or training establishment has willfully submitted a false or misleading claim, or where a veteran, with the complicity of an educational institution or training establishment, has submitted such a claim, he shall make a complete report of the facts of the case to the appropriate State approving agency and where deemed advisable to the Attorney General of the United States for appropriate action. ,

CKIMINAL, PENALTIES

SEC. 269. Whoever knowingly and willfully— (1) 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 payment under this title, or pertaining to any matter arising under this title, (2) makes or presents any paper required under this title on which paper a date other than the date upon which it was actually signed or acknowledged by the claimant has been Avillfully inserted, (3) certifies falsely that the declarant, affiant, or witness named in such affidavit, declaration, voucher, endorsement, or other paper or writing personally appeared before him and was sworn ' thereto, or acknowledged the execution thereof, or (4) accepts and converts to his own use payments for any period during which he was not actually pursuing a course of education or training under this title for which period payment was made, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than three years, or both. APPLICATION OF OTHER LAWS

SEC. 270. The provisions of Public Law Numbered 262, Seventyfourth Congress, approved August 12, 1935 (49 Stat. 607), as amended, the provisions of section 15 of Public Law Numbered 2, Seventy-third Congress, as amended, the provisions of section 12 of Public Law Numbered 144, Seventy-eighth Congress, approved'July 13, 1943 (57 Stat. 557), as amended, and the provisions of titles II and III of Public Law Numbered 844, Seventy-fourth Congress, approved June 29, 1936, as amended, shall be for application under this title. WAIVER OF RECOVERY OF OVERPAYMENTS

SEC. 271. There shall be no recovery of payments of education and training allowance made under this title from any person who, in the judgment of the Administrator, is without fault on his part and where, m the judgment of the Administrator, such recovery would defeat the purpose of benefits otherwise authorized or would be against equity and good conscience. No disbursing officer or certifying officer shall be held liable for any amount paid to any person where the recovery of such amount is waived under this section.

3 8 U S C 4 5 0, 4 5 4 a, 5 5 6 a and note. 48 Stat. 11. 38 USC 715. 38 USC note foil, ch. 12. 49 Stat. 2031. 38 USC 101- 104, 131-133, 619 note.

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