§ 476. — Taking impressions of tools used for obligations or securities.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC476]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I--CRIMES
CHAPTER 25--COUNTERFEITING AND FORGERY
Sec. 476. Taking impressions of tools used for obligations or
securities
Whoever, without authority from the United States, takes, procures,
or makes an impression, stamp, analog, digital, or electronic image, or
imprint of, from or by the use of any tool, implement, instrument, or
thing used or fitted or intended to be used in printing, stamping, or
impressing, or in making other tools, implements, instruments, or things
to be used or fitted or intended to be used in printing, stamping, or
impressing any obligation or other security of the United States, shall
be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 25 years, or both.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 707; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII,
Sec. 330016(1)(K), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147; Pub. L. 107-56, title
III, Sec. 374(f), Oct. 26, 2001, 115 Stat. 341.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 266 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch.
321, Sec. 152, 35 Stat. 1117).
Enumeration of substances on which impressions could be made and
enumeration of various kinds of tools to be used were omitted as
unnecessary.
Reference to circulating note or evidence of debt was omitted in
view of definition of obligations and securities in section 8 of this
title.
Changes in phraseology were also made.
Amendments
2001--Pub. L. 107-56 inserted ``analog, digital, or electronic
image,'' after ``impression, stamp,'' and substituted ``25 years'' for
``ten years''.
1994--Pub. L. 103-322 substituted ``fined under this title'' for
``fined not more than $5,000''.
Termination Date of 2001 Amendment
Amendments by title III of Pub. L. 107-56 to terminate effective on
and after the first day of fiscal year 2005 if Congress enacts a joint
resolution that such amendments no longer have the force of law, see
section 303 of Pub. L. 107-56, set out as a Four-Year Congressional
Review; Expedited Consideration note under section 5311 of Title 31,
Money and Finance.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 477, 981, 982 of this title.