Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 18 : Section 642


   
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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