Cite as: 21 CNCA § 450

A. Misprision of crime. It shall be unlawful for any person having knowledge of the actual commission of a crime cognizable by a Court of the Cherokee Nation, which crime would be a felony under the laws of the Cherokee Nation, the State of Oklahoma or the United States of America, to affirmatively conceal and not make known that crime to a Cherokee Nation Judge or some other person in civil authority within Cherokee Nation. Such act shall constitute a crime against Cherokee Nation, and shall be punished as provided in 21 CNCA § 10.

B. False statement to law enforcement. In connection with a law enforcement investigation, whoever, in any manner within the jurisdiction of Cherokee Nation knowingly and willfully falsifies, conceals or covers up by any trick, scheme, or device a material fact, or makes any false, fictitious or fraudulent statements or representations, or makes or uses any false writing or document knowing the same to contain any false, fictitious or fraudulent statement or entry, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, subject to punishment as provided in 21 CNCA § 10.

Historical Data

LA 10–90, eff. November 13, 1990. Amended LA 31–03, eff. November 19, 2003. Amended LA 28-20, eff. December 14, 2020.