[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 24, Volume 1]

[Revised as of April 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 24CFR16.13]



[Page 201]

 

                 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.