CITE
18 USC Sec. 480 01/05/2009
EXPCITE
TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I - CRIMES
CHAPTER 25 - COUNTERFEITING AND FORGERY
HEAD
Sec. 480. Possessing counterfeit foreign obligations or securities
STATUTE
Whoever, within the United States, knowingly and with intent to
defraud, possesses or delivers any false, forged, or counterfeit
bond, certificate, obligation, security, treasury note, bill,
promise to pay, bank note, or bill issued by a bank or corporation
of any foreign country, shall be fined under this title or
imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.
SOURCE
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 707; Pub. L. 103-322, title
XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(H), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147; Pub. L.
107-56, title III, Sec. 375(c), Oct. 26, 2001, 115 Stat. 341.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 274 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch.
321, Sec. 160, 35 Stat. 1118).
Mandatory punishment provision was rephrased in the alternative.
Changes were also made in phraseology.
AMENDMENTS
2001 - Pub. L. 107-56 substituted "20 years" for "one year".
1994 - Pub. L. 103-322 substituted "fined under this title" for
"fined not more than $1,000".