28 CFR § 12.70 - Partial compliance not deemed compliance.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t28/s12.70"
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title: "28 CFR § 12.70 - Partial compliance not deemed compliance."
title_number: 28
title_name: "Judicial Administration"
section_number: "12.70"
section_name: "Partial compliance not deemed compliance."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
part_number: "12"
part_name: "REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN PERSONS HAVING KNOWLEDGE OF FOREIGN ESPIONAGE, COUNTERESPIONAGE, OR SABOTAGE MATTERS UNDER THE ACT OF AUGUST 1, 1956"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Sec. 5, 70 Stat. 900; 50 U.S.C. 854."
regulatory_source: "21 FR 5928, Aug. 8, 1956, unless otherwise noted."
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# 12.70 Partial compliance not deemed compliance.

The fact that a registration statement has been filed shall not necessarily be deemed a full compliance with the act on the part of the registrant; nor shall it preclude prosecution, as provided for in the act, for willful failure to file a registration statement, or for a willfully false statement of a material fact therein, or for the willful omission of a material fact required to be stated therein.