Attorney's Note

Under the Guam Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
misdemeanorup to 1 yearup to $1,000
petty misdemeanorup to 60 daysup to $500
For details, see 9 Guam Code Ann. § 80.34

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Terms Used In 10 Guam Code Ann. § 3229

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
(a) (l) Any person who willfully and knowingly makes any false statement in a report, record or certificate required to be filed under this article or in an application for amendment thereof or who willfully and knowingly supplies false information intending that such information be used in the preparation of any such report, record or certificate, or amendment thereof; or

(2) Any person who without lawful authority and with intent to deceive, makes, alters, amends or mutilates any report, record or certificate required to be filed under this article or certified copy of such report, record or certificate; or

(3) Any person who willfully and knowingly uses or attempts to use or furnish to another for use, for any purpose of deception, any certificate, record, report or certified copy thereof so made, altered, amended or mutilated; or

(4) Any person who, with the intention to deceive, willfully uses or attempts to use any certificate of birth or certified copy of a record of birth, knowing that such certificate or certified copy was issued upon a record which is false in whole or in part, or which relates to the birth of another person; or

(5) Any person who willfully and knowingly furnishes a certificate of birth or certified copy of a record of birth with the intention that it be used by a person other than the person to whom the record of birth relates, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(b) (l) Any person who refuses to provide information required by this article; or

(2) Any person who willfully and knowingly transports or accepts for transportation; interment or other disposition a dead body without an accompanying permit as required by this article; or

(3) Any person who willfully neglects or violates any of the provisions of this article, or refuses to perform any of the duties imposed upon him by this article, shall be guilty of a petty misdemeanor.