18 U.S.C. § 470 — Counterfeit acts committed outside the United States

submitted 32 years ago by Pub. L. 103-322 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 88 words · no verdicts yet

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A person who counterfeits U.S. money or securities outside the country can still be punished under U.S. law. This covers making, dealing in, or possessing fake obligations or securities, or tools used to make them. The person is punished the same as if the crime happened inside the United States.

A person who, outside the United States, (1) makes, deals in, or possesses any counterfeit obligation or other security of the United States, or (2) makes, deals in, or possesses any plate, stone, or analog, digital, or electronic image, or any other thing, or part of it, used to counterfeit that obligation or security — is punished the same as for the matching offense committed inside the United States, but only if the act would have violated section 471, 473, or 474 had it been committed within the United States.

the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

A person who, outside the United States, engages in the act of—

(1)

making, dealing, or possessing any counterfeit obligation or other security of the United States; or

(2)

making, dealing, or possessing any plate, stone, analog, digital, or electronic image, or other thing, or any part thereof, used to counterfeit such obligation or security,

if such act would constitute a violation of section 471, 473, or 474 if committed within the United States, shall be punished as is provided for the like offense within the United States.

Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 103–322, title XII, § 120003(a), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2021; amended Pub. L. 107–56, title III, § 374(a), Oct. 26, 2001, 115 Stat. 340.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1994Enacted · Pub. L. 103-322 · 108 Stat. 2021
2001Amended · Pub. L. 107-56 · 115 Stat. 340

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 103-322 on 1994-09-13.

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