§ 642. — Tools and materials for counterfeiting purposes.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC642]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I--CRIMES
CHAPTER 31--EMBEZZLEMENT AND THEFT
Sec. 642. Tools and materials for counterfeiting purposes
Whoever, without authority from the United States, secretes within,
or embezzles, or takes and carries away from any building, room, office,
apartment, vault, safe, or other place where the same is kept, used,
employed, placed, lodged, or deposited by authority of the United
States, any tool, implement, or thing used or fitted to be used in
stamping or printing, or in making some other tool or implement used or
fitted to be used in stamping or printing any kind or description of
bond, bill, note, certificate, coupon, postage stamp, revenue stamp,
fractional currency note, or other paper, instrument, obligation,
device, or document, authorized by law to be printed, stamped, sealed,
prepared, issued, uttered, or put in circulation on behalf of the United
States; or
Whoever, without such authority, so secretes, embezzles, or takes
and carries away any paper, parchment, or other material prepared and
intended to be used in the making of any such papers, instruments,
obligations, devices, or documents; or
Whoever, without such authority, so secretes, embezzles, or takes
and carries away any paper, parchment, or other material printed or
stamped, in whole or part, and intended to be prepared, issued, or put
in circulation on behalf of the United States as one of such papers,
instruments, or obligations, or printed or stamped, in whole or part, in
the similitude of any such paper, instrument, or obligation, whether
intended to issue or put the same in circulation or not--
Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten
years, or both.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 725; 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. 269 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch.
321, Sec. 155, 35 Stat. 1117).
Words ``bed piece, bed-plate, roll, plate, die, seal, type, or
other'' were omitted as covered by ``tool, implement, or thing.''
Minor changes in phraseology were made.
Amendments
1994--Pub. L. 103-322 substituted ``fined under this title'' for
``fined not more than $5,000'' in last par.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 492 of this title.
