2022 US Code
Title 18 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Part I - Crimes
Chapter 25 - Counterfeiting and Forgery
Sec. 475 - Imitating obligations or securities; advertisements
18 U.S.C. § 475 (2022) |
§475. Imitating obligations or securities; advertisements |
Whoever designs, engraves, prints, makes, or executes, or utters, issues, distributes, circulates, or uses any business or professional card, notice, placard, circular, handbill, or advertisement in the likeness or similitude of any obligation or security of the United States issued under or authorized by any Act of Congress or writes, prints, or otherwise impresses upon or attaches to any such instrument, obligation, or security, or any coin of the United States, any business or professional card, notice, or advertisement, or any notice or advertisement whatever, shall be fined under this title. Nothing in this section applies to evidence of postage payment approved by the United States Postal Service. |
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 706; July 16, 1951, ch. 226, §2, 65 Stat. 122; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, §330016(1)(G), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147; Pub. L. 109–162, title XI, §1192, Jan. 5, 2006, 119 Stat. 3129.) |
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §292 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, §177, 35 Stat. 1122). Enumeration of obligations of the United States was omitted in view of definition in section 8 of this title. Changes in phraseology were also made. EDITORIAL NOTES AMENDMENTS 2006—Pub. L. 109–162 inserted at end "Nothing in this section applies to evidence of postage payment approved by the United States Postal Service." 1994—Pub. L. 103–322 substituted "fined under this title" for "fined not more than $500". 1951—Act July 16, 1951, prohibited use of notices or advertising prints or labels on United States coins. |
United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE |
Bills and Statutes |
United States Code |
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Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 25 - COUNTERFEITING AND FORGERY Sec. 475 - Imitating obligations or securities; advertisements |
section 475 |
2022 |
January 5, 2023 |
Yes |
standard |
35 Stat. 1122 62 Stat. 706 65 Stat. 122 108 Stat. 2147 119 Stat. 3129 |
Public Law 103-322, Public Law 109-162 |