(a) It is a violation of this Section for any person:
         1. To display or present any document for the
    
purpose of making application for a driver’s license or permit knowing that such document contains false information concerning the identity of the applicant;
        2. To accept or allow to be accepted any document
    
displayed or presented for the purpose of making application for a driver’s license or permit knowing that such document contains false information concerning the identity of the applicant;
        3. To knowingly make any false affidavit or swear or
    
affirm falsely to any matter or thing required by the terms of this Act to be sworn to or affirmed.
    (b) Sentence.

Attorney's Note

Under the Illinois Statutes, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class 3 felonybetween 2 and 5 yearsup to $25,000
For details, see § Ill. Comp. Stat. 730 ILCS 5/5-4.5-40

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Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 625 ILCS 5/6-302

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
  • State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14
  • sworn: shall be construed to include the word "affirmed. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.12
  • United States: may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14

         1. Any person convicted of a violation of this
    
Section shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.
        2. Any person convicted of a second or subsequent
    
violation of this Section shall be guilty of a Class 3 felony.
    (c) This Section does not prohibit any lawfully authorized investigative, protective, law enforcement or other activity of any agency of the United States, State of Illinois or any other state or political subdivision thereof.