§ 1017. — Government seals wrongfully used and instruments wrongfully sealed.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC1017]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I--CRIMES
CHAPTER 47--FRAUD AND FALSE STATEMENTS
Sec. 1017. Government seals wrongfully used and instruments
wrongfully sealed
Whoever fraudulently or wrongfully affixes or impresses the seal of
any department or agency of the United States, to or upon any
certificate, instrument, commission, document, or paper or with
knowledge of its fraudulent character, with wrongful or fraudulent
intent, uses, buys, procures, sells, or transfers to another any such
certificate, instrument, commission, document, or paper, to which or
upon which said seal has been so fraudulently affixed or impressed,
shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years,
or both.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 753; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII,
Sec. 330016(1)(K), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 130 (June 15, 1917, ch.
30, title X, Sec. 1, 40 Stat. 227).
To clarify scope of section and in view of definition of department
or agency in section 6 of this title, words ``department or agency''
were substituted for ``executive department, or of any bureau,
commission, or office''.
Slight verbal changes were also made.
Amendments
1994--Pub. L. 103-322 substituted ``fined under this title'' for
``fined not more than $5,000''.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 1717 of this title.
