[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 24, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 24CFR16.13]

[Page 199]
 
                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
PART 16--IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PRIVACY ACT OF 1974--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 16.13  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 pretences 
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 may also be subject to prosecution under such other 
criminal statutes as 18 U.S.C. 494, 495 and 1001.