2017 US Code
Title 12 - Banks and Banking
Chapter 6 - Foreign Banking
Subchapter II - Organization of Corporations to Do Foreign Banking
Sec. 633 - Potential liability on foreign accounts

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Citation 12 U.S.C. § 633 (2017)
Section Name §633. Potential liability on foreign accounts
Section Text (a) Exceptions from repayment requirement

A member bank shall not be required to repay any deposit made at a foreign branch of the bank if the branch cannot repay the deposit due to—

(1) an act of war, insurrection, or civil strife; or

(2) an action by a foreign government or instrumentality (whether de jure or de facto) in the country in which the branch is located;


unless the member bank has expressly agreed in writing to repay the deposit under those circumstances.

(b) Regulations

The Board and the Comptroller of the Currency may jointly prescribe such regulations as they deem necessary to implement this section.

Source Credit

(Dec. 23, 1913, ch. 6, §25C, as added Pub. L. 103–325, title III, §326(a), Sept. 23, 1994, 108 Stat. 2229.)

Editorial Notes CODIFICATION

Section was enacted as section 25C of the Federal Reserve Act, and not as part of section 25A of that Act which comprises this subchapter.

EXISTING CLAIMS NOT AFFECTED

Pub. L. 103–325, title III, §326(c), Sept. 23, 1994, 108 Stat. 2229, provided that: "Section 25C of the Federal Reserve Act [this section] (as added by subsection (a)) shall not be applied retroactively and shall not be construed to affect or apply to any claim or cause of action addressed by that section arising from events or circumstances that occurred before the date of enactment of this Act [Sept. 23, 1994]."

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 6 - FOREIGN BANKING
SUBCHAPTER II - ORGANIZATION OF CORPORATIONS TO DO FOREIGN BANKING
Sec. 633 - Potential liability on foreign accounts
Contains section 633
Date 2017
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 12, 2018
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 108 Stat. 2229
Public Law References Public Law 103-325
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