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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 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.
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