§ 333. — Mutilation of national bank obligations.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC333]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I--CRIMES
CHAPTER 17--COINS AND CURRENCY
Sec. 333. Mutilation of national bank obligations
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,
Sec. 330016(1)(B), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2146.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 291 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch.
321, Sec. 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.
Amendments
1994--Pub. L. 103-322 substituted ``fined under this title'' for
``fined not more than $100''.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 492 of this title.
