§ 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.