15 CFR 4.32 - Penalties.

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Title 15: Commerce and Foreign Trade

Subtitle A: Office of the Secretary of Commerce

PART 4: DISCLOSURE OF GOVERNMENT INFORMATION

Subpart B: Privacy Act

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 and 1001.

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