NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 257.11
KNOWINGLY MAKING A FALSE [STATEMENT] [REPRESENTATION] [CERTIFICATION] IN A(N) [APPLICATION] [RECORD] [REPORT] [PLAN] [DOCUMENT] REQUIRED TO BE [FILED] [MAINTAINED] PURSUANT TO THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT OF NORTH CAROLINA. MISDEMEANOR.
The defendant has been charged with knowingly making a false
[statement] [representation] [certification] in a(n) [application] [record]
[report] [plan] [document] required to be [filed] [maintained] pursuant to
the Occupational Health and Safety Act of North Carolina (OSHANC) 1.
For you to find the defendant guilty of this offense, the State must
prove two things beyond a reasonable doubt:
First, that the defendant knowingly made a false [statement]
[representation] [certification] in a(n) [application] [record] [report] [plan]
[document] required to be [filed] [maintained] pursuant to the Occupational
Health and Safety Act of North Carolina (OSHANC).
And Second, that the false [statement] [representation] [certification]
pertained to an employee that was [eighteen years of age or older] [under
eighteen years of age]. 2
If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or
about the alleged date, the defendant knowingly made a false [statement]
[representation] [certification] in a(n) [application] [record] [report] [plan]
[document] required to be [filed] [maintained] pursuant to the Occupational
Health and Safety Act of North Carolina (OSHANC), it would be your duty to
return a verdict of guilty. If you do not so find or have a reasonable doubt as
to one or more of these things, it would be your duty to return a verdict of
not guilty.
History
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 257.11 (June 2010). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 95-139. Prepared by the North Carolina Conference of Superior Court Judges' Committee on Pattern Jury Instructions, assisted by the UNC School of Government; published by the School of Government.
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- 2026-09-25
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- 2026-09-24
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