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