Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 42 : Section 3605


   

U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 3605 - Notes
                                   SOURCE
    (Pub. L. 90-284, title VIII, Sec. 805, Apr. 11, 1968, 82 Stat. 83;
    Pub. L. 93-383, title VIII, Sec. 808(b)(2), Aug. 22, 1974, 88 Stat.
    729; Pub. L. 100-430, Sec. 6(c), Sept. 13, 1988, 102 Stat. 1622.)
                                AMENDMENTS                            
      1988 - Pub. L. 100-430 amended section generally. Prior to
    amendment, section read as follows: "After December 31, 1968, it
    shall be unlawful for any bank, building and loan association,
    insurance company or other corporation, association, firm or
    enterprise whose business consists in whole or in part in the
    making of commercial real estate loans, to deny a loan or other
    financial assistance to a person applying therefor for the purpose
    of purchasing, constructing, improving, repairing, or maintaining a
    dwelling, or to discriminate against him in the fixing of the
    amount, interest rate, duration, or other terms or conditions of
    such loan or other financial assistance, because of the race,
    color, religion, sex, or national origin of such person or of any
    person associated with him in connection with such loan or other
    financial assistance or the purposes of such loan or other
    financial assistance, or of the present or prospective owners,
    lessees, tenants, or occupants of the dwelling or dwellings in
    relation to which such loan or other financial assistance is to be
    made or given: Provided, That nothing contained in this section
    shall impair the scope or effectiveness of the exception contained
    in section 3603(b) of this title."
      1974 - Pub. L. 93-383 inserted ", sex" after "religion".
                   SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS               
      This section is referred to in sections 3602, 3617 of this title;
    title 15 section 1691e.

Ads by FindLaw