22 U.S.C. § 4199 — Penalty for failure to give bond and for embezzlement
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This section provides penalties for failing to give a required bond or for embezzling property covered by the bond. The penalties apply to the conduct described in the section.
Every consular officer who accepts any appointment to any office of trust mentioned in section 4198 of this title without first having complied with the provisions of it by due execution of a bond as in it required, or who must willfully fail or neglect to account for, pay over, and deliver any money, property, or effects so received to any person lawfully entitled thereto, after having been requested by the latter, his representative or agent so to do, must be deemed guilty of embezzlement and must be punishable by imprisonment for not more than five years and by a fine of not more than $5,000.
Every consular officer who accepts any appointment to any office of trust mentioned in section 4198 of this title without first having complied with the provisions thereof by due execution of a bond as therein required, or who shall willfully fail or neglect to account for, pay over, and deliver any money, property, or effects so received to any person lawfully entitled thereto, after having been requested by the latter, his representative or agent so to do, shall be deemed guilty of embezzlement and shall be punishable by imprisonment for not more than five years and by a fine of not more than $5,000.
Source credit: (June 30, 1902, ch. 1331, § 2, 32 Stat. 547.)
- 1902Enacted · Act of June 30, 1902, ch. 1331 · 32 Stat. 547
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 1331 on 1902-06-30.
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