§ 11-18-1 - Giving false document to agent, employee, or public official. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 11-18-1

   § 11-18-1  Giving false document to agent,employee, or public official. – (a) No person shall knowingly give to any agent, employee, servant in public orprivate employ, or public official any receipt, account, or other document inrespect of which the principal, master, or employer, or state, city, or town ofwhich he or she is an official is interested, which contains any statementwhich is false or erroneous, or defective in any important particular, andwhich, to his or her knowledge, is intended to mislead the principal, master,employer, or state, city, or town of which he or she is an official.

   (b) Any person who violates any of the provisions of thissection shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall beimprisoned, with or without hard labor, for a term not exceeding one year or befined not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000).