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[CITE: 18USC482]

 
                 TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                             PART I--CRIMES
 
                 CHAPTER 25--COUNTERFEITING AND FORGERY
 
Sec. 482. Foreign bank notes

    Whoever, within the United States, with intent to defraud, falsely 
makes, alters, forges, or counterfeits any bank note or bill issued by a 
bank or corporation of any foreign country, and intended by the law or 
usage of such foreign country to circulate as money, such bank or 
corporation being authorized by the laws of such country, shall be fined 
under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 708; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, 
Sec. 330016(1)(I), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147; Pub. L. 107-56, title 
III, Sec. 375(e), Oct. 26, 2001, 115 Stat. 342.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on title 18, U