§ 459
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(a)No person or corporation, or any officer, agent, or employee of a corporation, shall knowingly, directly or indirectly, by any false statement or representation as to cost or value, or the nature or extent of an injury, or by the use of any false billing, bill of lading, receipt, voucher, roll, account, claim, certificate, affidavit, or deposition, or upon any false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or entry, obtain or attempt to obtain any allowance, rebate, or payment for damage, in connection with or growing out of the transportation of persons or property, or an agreement to transport such persons or property, whether with or without the consent or connivance of a common carrier or any of its officers, agents, or employees. No common carrier, or any of its officers, agents, or employees, shall knowingly pay or offer to pay any such allowance, rebate, or claim for damage.
(b)Subdivision
(a)is not applicable to network railroad transportation.