Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1736 – Protection against fraud
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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1736
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
Any person who shall knowingly make any false statement or shall falsify or permit to be falsified any record or records of this system in an attempt to defraud the system shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction thereof by any court of competent jurisdiction, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars or imprisonment in the parish jail not to exceed twelve months, such fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the court.
Acts 1978, No. 788, §1; Redesignated from La. Rev. Stat. 33:7156 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.