2016 US Code
Title 18 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Part I - Crimes
Chapter 25 - Counterfeiting and Forgery
Sec. 479 - Uttering counterfeit foreign obligations or securities
18 U.S.C. § 479 (2016) |
§479. Uttering counterfeit foreign obligations or securities |
Whoever, within the United States, knowingly and with intent to defraud, utters, passes, or puts off, in payment or negotiation, any false, forged, or counterfeited bond, certificate, obligation, security, treasury note, bill, or promise to pay, mentioned in section 478 of this title, whether or not the same was made, altered, forged, or counterfeited within the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both. |
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 707; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, §330016(1)(J), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147; Pub. L. 107–56, title III, §375(b), Oct. 26, 2001, 115 Stat. 341.) |
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §271 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, §157, 35 Stat. 1118). Mandatory punishment provision was rephrased in the alternative. Changes were made in phraseology. AMENDMENTS2001—Pub. L. 107–56 substituted "20 years" for "three years". 1994—Pub. L. 103–322 substituted "fined under this title" for "fined not more than $3,000". |
United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE |
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Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 25 - COUNTERFEITING AND FORGERY Sec. 479 - Uttering counterfeit foreign obligations or securities |
section 479 |
2016 |
January 6, 2017 |
Yes |
standard |
35 Stat. 1118 62 Stat. 707 108 Stat. 2147 115 Stat. 341 |
Public Law 103-322, Public Law 107-56 |