1996 US Code
Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I - CRIMES
CHAPTER 25 - COUNTERFEITING AND FORGERY
Sec. 471 - Obligations or securities of United States
View MetadataPublication Title | United States Code, 1994 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 25 - COUNTERFEITING AND FORGERY Sec. 471 - Obligations or securities of United States |
Contains | section 471 |
Date | 1996 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 6, 1997 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
Short Titles | Counterfeit Deterrence Act of 1992 |
Source Credit | June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 705; Sept. 13, 1994, Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, §330016(1)(K), 108 Stat. 2147. |
Statutes at Large References | 35 Stat. 1115 62 Stat. 705 106 Stat. 4070 108 Stat. 2147 |
Public Law References | Public Law 102-550, Public Law 103-322 |
§471. Obligations or securities of United States
Whoever, with intent to defraud, falsely makes, forges, counterfeits, or alters any obligation or other security of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than fifteen years, or both.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 705; Sept. 13, 1994, Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, §330016(1)(K), 108 Stat. 2147.)
Historical and Revision NotesBased on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §262 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, §148, 35 Stat. 1115).
Mandatory punishment provision was rephrased in the alternative.
Changes in phraseology were made.
Amendments1994—Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than ,000”.
Short Title of 1992 AmendmentPub. L. 102–550, title XV, §1551, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 4070, provided that: “This subtitle [subtitle E (§§1551–1554) of title XV of Pub. L. 102–550, enacting section 474A of this title and amending sections 474 and 504 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Counterfeit Deterrence Act of 1992’.”
Canal ZoneApplicability of section to Canal Zone, see section 14 of this title.
Cross ReferencesObligation or other security of the United States defined, see section 8 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other SectionsThis section is referred to in sections 14, 470, 981, 982, 1961, 2516 of this title.
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