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18 U.S.C. § 477 — Possessing or selling impressions of tools used for obligations or securities

submitted 78 years ago by ch. 645 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 102 words · no verdicts yet

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It is illegal, with intent to defraud, to possess, keep, protect, or control an imprint or digital image copied from a tool used to make U.S. money or securities, without government authority. It is also illegal to sell, give, or deliver such an imprint or image to someone else. Breaking this law can mean a fine, up to 25 years in prison, or both.

This section covers two kinds of conduct related to imprints, stamps, or digital/electronic images taken from a tool used to print, stamp, or impress U.S. obligations or securities (as described in section 476 of this title): First, with intent to defraud, possessing, keeping, safeguarding, or controlling such an imprint, stamp, image, or impression without authority from the United States. Second, with intent to defraud, selling, giving, or delivering such an imprint, stamp, image, or impression to another person. Anyone who does either of these things can be fined under this title, imprisoned for up to 25 years, or both.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

Whoever, with intent to defraud, possesses, keeps, safeguards, or controls, without authority from the United States, any imprint, stamp, analog, digital, or electronic image, or impression, taken or made upon any substance or material whatsoever, of any tool, implement, instrument or thing, used, fitted or intended to be used, for any of the purposes mentioned in section 476 of this title; or

Whoever, with intent to defraud, sells, gives, or delivers any such imprint, stamp, analog, digital, or electronic image, or impression to any other person—

Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 25 years, or both.

Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 707; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(K), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147; Pub. L. 107–56, title III, § 374(g), Oct. 26, 2001, 115 Stat. 341.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 645 · 62 Stat. 707
  • 1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-322 · 108 Stat. 2147
  • 2001Amended · Pub. L. 107-56 · 115 Stat. 341

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 645 on 1948-06-25.

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