---
kind: "section"
citation: "17 C.F.R. § 11.6"
title: "17"
number: "11.6"
heading: "Oath; false statements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/17/11.6"
---

# §11.6. Oath; false statements.

- (a) **Oath.** At the discretion of the member of the Commission or staff member conducting the investigation, testimony of a witness may be taken under oath.
- (b) **Penalties for false statements and other false information.** Any person making false statements under oath during the course of a Commission investigation is subject to the criminal penalties for perjury in [18 U.S.C. 1621](/usc/18/1621.md). Any person who knowingly and willfully makes false or fraudulent statements, whether under oath or otherwise, or who falsifies, conceals or covers up a material fact, or submits any false writing or document, knowing it to contain false, fictitious or fraudulent information, is subject to the criminal penalties set forth in [18 U.S.C. 1001](/usc/18/1001.md).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 4a(j), 9, 12, 12a(5) and 15.

### Source

Source: 41 FR 29799, July 19, 1976, unless otherwise noted.