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Code · CFR · Title 22 — Foreign Relations · Part 1101 — Privacy Act of 1974 · § 1101.16

§ 1101.16. Criminal penalties.

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(a)Under the provisions of the Act, it is a Federal crime for any person to knowingly and willfully request or obtain information from a Federal agency, including this Section, by false pretenses.
(b)It is also a crime for any officer or employee of the Section to knowingly and willfully:
(1)Make an unauthorized disclosure; or
(2)Fail to publish public notice of a system of records as required by 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4).
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