18-U.S.C.-1027
§1027 – False Statements and Concealment of Facts In Relation to Documents Required By The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
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- Reference: Section 1027
- Legend: §1027 – False Statements and Concealment of Facts In Relation to Documents Required By The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
- USCode Year: 2013
Provision Content
Whoever, in any document required by title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (as amended from time to time) to be published, or kept as part of the records of any employee welfare benefit plan or employee pension benefit plan, or certified to the administrator of any such plan, makes any false statement or representation of fact, knowing it to be false, or knowingly conceals, covers up, or fails to disclose any fact the disclosure of which is required by such title or is necessary to verify, explain, clarify or check for accuracy and completeness any report required by such title to be published or any information required by such title to be certified, shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
(Added Pub. L. 87–420, §17(c), Mar. 20, 1962, 76 Stat. 42; amended Pub. L. 93–406, title I, §111(a)(2)(B)(i), (ii), Sept. 2, 1974, 88 Stat. 851; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, §330016(1)(L), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)
References in Text
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 93–406, Sept. 2, 1974, 88 Stat. 829, as amended. Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 is classified generally to subchapter I (§1001 et seq.) of chapter 18 of Title 29, Labor. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1001 of Title 29 and Tables.
Amendments
1994—Pub. L. 103–322 substituted fined under this title for fined not more than $10,000.
1974—Pub. L. 93–406 substituted Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 for Welfare and Pension Plans Disclosure Act in section catchline, and title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and title for the Welfare and Pension Plans Disclosure Act and Act, respectively, in text.
Effective Date of 1974 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 93–406 effective Jan. 1, 1975, except as provided in section 1031(b)(2) of Title 29, Labor, see section 1031(b)(1) of Title 29.
Effective Date
Section effective 90 days after Mar. 20, 1962, see section 19 of Pub. L. 87–420, set out as a note under section 664 of this title.
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