§ 481. — Plates or stones for counterfeiting foreign 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: 18USC481]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I--CRIMES
CHAPTER 25--COUNTERFEITING AND FORGERY
Sec. 481. Plates, stones, or analog, digital, or electronic
images for counterfeiting foreign obligations or securities
Whoever, within the United States except by lawful authority,
controls, holds, or possesses any plate, stone, or other thing, or any
part thereof, from which has been printed or may be printed any
counterfeit note, bond, obligation, or other security, in whole or in
part, of any foreign government, bank, or corporation, or uses such
plate, stone, or other thing, or knowingly permits or suffers the same
to be used in counterfeiting such foreign obligations, or any part
thereof; or
Whoever, except by lawful authority, makes or engraves any plate,
stone, or other thing in the likeness or similitude of any plate, stone,
or other thing designated for the printing of the genuine issues of the
obligations of any foreign government, bank, or corporation; or
Whoever, with intent to defraud, makes, executes, acquires, scans,
captures, records, receives, transmits, reproduces, sells, or has in
such person's control, custody, or possession, an analog, digital, or
electronic image of any bond, certificate, obligation, or other security
of any foreign government, or of any treasury note, bill, or promise to
pay, lawfully issued by such foreign government and intended to
circulate as money; or
Whoever, except by lawful authority, prints, photographs, or makes,
executes, or sells any engraving, photograph, print, or impression in
the likeness of any genuine note, bond, obligation, or other security,
or any part thereof, of any foreign government, bank, or corporation; or
Whoever brings into the United States any counterfeit plate, stone,
or other thing, engraving, photograph, print, or other impressions of
the notes, bonds, obligations, or other securities of any foreign
government, bank, or corporation--
Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 25
years, or both.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 708; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII,
Sec. 330016(1)(K), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147; Pub. L. 107-56, title
III, Sec. 375(d)(1)-(3), Oct. 26, 2001, 115 Stat. 341.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 275 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch.
321, Sec. 161, 35 Stat. 1118).
References to persons causing, procuring, assisting or aiding were
omitted as unnecessary as such persons are made principals by section 2
of this title.
Changes in phraseology were made.
Amendments
2001--Pub. L. 107-56 substituted ``, stones, or analog, digital, or
electronic images'' for ``or stones'' in section catchline and ``25
years'' for ``five years'' in last par. and inserted after second par.
``Whoever, with intent to defraud, makes, executes, acquires, scans,
captures, records, receives, transmits, reproduces, sells, or has in
such person's control, custody, or possession, an analog, digital, or
electronic image of any bond, certificate, obligation, or other security
of any foreign government, or of any treasury note, bill, or promise to
pay, lawfully issued by such foreign government and intended to
circulate as money; or''.
1994--Pub. L. 103-322 substituted ``fined under this title'' for
``fined not more than $5,000'' in last par.
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 981, 982 of this title.
