18 U.S.C. § 333

Current through P.L. 118-106 (published on www.congress.gov on 10/04/2024)

Section 333 - Mutilation of national bank obligations

Whoever mutilates, cuts, defaces, disfigures, or perforates, or unites or cements together, or does any other thing to any bank bill, draft, note, or other evidence of debt issued by any national banking association, or Federal Reserve bank, or the Federal Reserve System, with intent to render such bank bill, draft, note, or other evidence of debt unfit to be reissued, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.

18 U.S.C. § 333

June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 700; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, §330016(1)(B), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2146.

HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTESBased on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §291 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, §176, 35 Stat. 1122).Words "or Federal Reserve bank, or the Federal Reserve System" were inserted because the paper of such banks has almost supplanted national bank currency.Reference to persons causing or procuring was omitted as unnecessary in view of definition of "principal" in section 2 of this title.Minor changes in phraseology were made.

EDITORIAL NOTES

AMENDMENTS1994- Pub. L. 103-322 substituted "fined under this title" for "fined not more than $100".