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Code · U.S. Code · Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · CHAPTER 17— COINS AND CURRENCY · § 333

§ 333. Mutilation of national bank obligations

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Whoever mutilates, cuts, defaces, disfigures, or perforates, or unites or cements together, or does any other thing to any bank bill, draft, note, or other evidence of debt issued by any national banking association, or Federal Reserve bank, or the Federal Reserve System, with intent to render such bank bill, draft, note, or other evidence of debt unfit to be reissued, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 700; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(B), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2146.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 291 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 176, 35 Stat. 1122).
Words “or Federal Reserve bank, or the Federal Reserve System” were inserted because the paper of such banks has almost supplanted national bank currency.
Reference to persons causing or procuring was omitted as unnecessary in view of definition of “principal” in section 2 of this title.
Minor changes in phraseology were made.
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  • June 25, 1948, ch. 645
  • 62 Stat. 700
  • Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(B)
  • 108 Stat. 2146
  • Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 176
  • 35 Stat. 1122
  • Pub. L. 103–322
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§ 333
Mutilation of national bank obligations
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ActJune 25, 1948, ch. 645
Stat.62 Stat. 700
Pub. L.Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(B)
Stat.108 Stat. 2146
ActMar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 176
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