§ 647. — Receiving loan from court officer.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC647]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I--CRIMES
CHAPTER 31--EMBEZZLEMENT AND THEFT
Sec. 647. Receiving loan from court officer
Whoever knowingly receives, from a clerk or other officer of a court
of the United States, as a deposit, loan, or otherwise, any money
belonging in the registry of such court, is guilty of embezzlement, and
shall be fined under this title or not more than the amount embezzled,
whichever is greater, or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both;
but if the amount embezzled does not exceed $1,000, he shall be fined
under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 727; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII,
Sec. 330016(1)(H), (2)(G), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147, 2148; Pub. L.
104-294, title VI, Sec. 606(a), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3511.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 187 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch.
321, Sec. 100, 35 Stat. 1107).
The punishment provision of section 185 of title 18, U.S.C., 1940
ed., now section 646 of this title, was substituted for the words
``punished as prescribed in section 185 of this title'' and the smaller
punishment for an offense involving $100 or less was inserted. (See
reviser's notes under sections 641 and 645 of this title.)
Amendments
1996--Pub. L. 104-294 substituted ``$1,000'' for ``$100''.
1994--Pub. L. 103-322, Sec. 330016(2)(G), substituted ``shall be
fined under this title or not more than the amount embezzled, whichever
is greater, or imprisoned'' for ``shall be fined not more than the
amount embezzled or imprisoned''.
Pub. L. 103-322, Sec. 330016(1)(H), substituted ``fined under this
title'' for ``fined not more than $1,000'' after ``he shall be''.
