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14 CFR 3.403: Falsification, reproduction, alteration, or omission.

(a) No person may make or cause to be made any fraudulent or intentionally false statement in:
(1) Any document in any format, submitted under any provision referenced in § 3.401, consisting of or related to any acceptance, application, approval, authorization, certificate, rating, declaration, designation, qualification, record, report, request for reconsideration, or similar; or
(2) Any document in any format that is kept, made, or used to show compliance with any requirement under the provisions referenced in § 3.401.
(b) No person may make or cause to be made any production, reproduction, or alteration, for fraudulent purpose, of:
(1) Any document in any format, submitted or granted under any provision referenced in § 3.401, consisting of or related to any acceptance, application, approval, authorization, certificate, rating, declaration, designation, qualification, record, report, request for reconsideration, or similar; or
(2) Any document in any format that is kept, made, or used to show compliance with any requirement under the provisions referenced in § 3.401.
(c) No person may knowingly omit, or cause to be omitted, a material fact in:
(1) Any document in any format, submitted under any provision referenced in § 3.401, consisting of or related to any acceptance, application, approval, authorization, certificate, rating, declaration, designation, qualification, record, report, request for reconsideration, or similar; or
(2) Any document in any format that is kept, made, or used to show compliance with any requirement under the provisions referenced in § 3.401.
(d) The commission by any person of an act prohibited under paragraphs (a) through (c) of this section is a basis for:
(1) Denying, suspending, modifying, revoking, rescinding, removing, or withdrawing any acceptance, application, approval, authorization, certificate, rating, declaration, designation, qualification, request for reconsideration, or similar, issued or granted by the Administrator and held by that person; or
(2) A civil penalty.

Where this section sits in the code

Title 14—Aeronautics and Space
CHAPTER I—FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
SUBCHAPTER A—DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
PART 3—GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
Subpart D—Falsification, Reproduction, Alteration, Omission, or Incorrect Statements

(a) No person may make or cause to be made any fraudulent or intentionally false statement in:

(1) Any document in any format, submitted under any provision referenced in § 3.401, consisting of or related to any acceptance, application, approval, authorization, certificate, rating, declaration, designation, qualification, record, report, request for reconsideration, or similar; or

(2) Any document in any format that is kept, made, or used to show compliance with any requirement under the provisions referenced in § 3.401.

(b) No person may make or cause to be made any production, reproduction, or alteration, for fraudulent purpose, of:

(1) Any document in any format, submitted or granted under any provision referenced in § 3.401, consisting of or related to any acceptance, application, approval, authorization, certificate, rating, declaration, designation, qualification, record, report, request for reconsideration, or similar; or

(2) Any document in any format that is kept, made, or used to show compliance with any requirement under the provisions referenced in § 3.401.

(d) The commission by any person of an act prohibited under paragraphs (a) through (c) of this section is a basis for:

(1) Denying, suspending, modifying, revoking, rescinding, removing, or withdrawing any acceptance, application, approval, authorization, certificate, rating, declaration, designation, qualification, request for reconsideration, or similar, issued or granted by the Administrator and held by that person; or

(2) A civil penalty.

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