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§3181
Title 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE
Subtitle 3: INCOME SUPPLEMENTATION
Part 1: ADMINISTRATION
Chapter 855: AID TO NEEDY PERSONS
§3183

§3182. Fraudulent representations; penalty

Any person who by means of a willfully false statement or representation, or by impersonation or other fraudulent devices, obtains or attempts to obtain, or aids or abets any person to obtain:   [PL 1973, c. 790, §2 (NEW).]
1.  Assistance not entitled.  Aid to which he is not entitled;  
[PL 1973, c. 790, §2 (NEW).]
2.  Larger assistance.  A larger amount of aid than that to which he is entitled; or  
[PL 1973, c. 790, §2 (NEW).]
3.  Forfeited assistance.  Payment of any forfeited installment of aid; and any person who knowingly buys or aids or abets in buying or in any way disposing of property of a recipient in such a way as to constitute a fraud upon the department shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500, or by imprisonment for not more than 11 months, or by both.  
[PL 1973, c. 790, §2 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1973, c. 790, §2 (NEW).
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