Notes on 18 U.S.C. § 334 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 18 U.S.C. § 334 : US Code - Notes

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 700; Pub. L. 103-322, title
XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(K), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on sections 581 and 592 of title 12, U.S.C., 1940 ed.,
Banks and Banking (R.S. Secs. 5187, 5209; Sept. 26, 1918, ch. 177,
Sec. 7, 40 Stat. 972; Aug. 23, 1935, ch. 614, Sec. 316, 49 Stat.
712).
This section consolidates section 581 and part of section 592 of
title 12, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Banks and Banking.
The punishment provision was drawn from said section 592 as being
the latest expression of congressional intent, in preference to the
provision of said section 581 which authorized a fine "not more
than double the amount so countersigned and delivered and
imprisonment not more than 15 years".
The words "shall be guilty of a misdemeanor" were omitted as
unnecessary in view of definition of misdemeanor in section 1 of
this title.
Likewise the words "upon conviction in any district court of the
United States" were omitted as unnecessary since punishment can
follow only after conviction.
(See reviser's note under section 656 of this title for statement
of reasons for dividing said section 592 into three revised
sections, with consequent changes in phraseology, style, and
arrangement.)
AMENDMENTS
1994 - Pub. L. 103-322 substituted "fined under this title" for
"fined not more than $5,000".