NYC Administrative Code

§ 10-154 — False statements in certificates, forms, written statements, applications or reports.

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What is NYC AC § 10-154?

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This section addresses the offense of knowingly making false statements or falsifying required certificates, forms, or reports under the code or agency regulations. Violators may face fines or imprisonment. Applies to individuals involved in the submission of official documents related to the code.

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§ 10-154 False statements in certificates, forms, written statements, applications or reports.

AC § 10-154

Any person who shall knowingly make a false statement or who shall knowingly falsify or allow to be falsified any certificate, form, signed statement, application or report required under the provisions of this code or any rule or regulation of any agency promulgated thereunder, shall be guilty of an offense and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or imprisonment of a term of not more than sixty days or both.

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