§ 483. — Uttering counterfeit foreign bank notes.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC483]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I--CRIMES
CHAPTER 25--COUNTERFEITING AND FORGERY
Sec. 483. Uttering counterfeit foreign bank notes
Whoever, within the United States, utters, passes, puts off, or
tenders in payment, with intent to defraud, any such false, forged,
altered, or counterfeited bank note or bill, mentioned in section 482 of
this title, knowing the same to be so false, forged, altered, and
counterfeited, whether or not the same was made, forged, altered, or
counterfeited within the United States, shall be fined under this title
or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 708; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII,
Sec. 330016(1)(H), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147; Pub. L. 107-56, title
III, Sec. 375(f), Oct. 26, 2001, 115 Stat. 342.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 273 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch.
321, Sec. 159, 35 Stat. 1118).
Mandatory punishment provision was rephrased in the alternative.
Changes were 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''.
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.
