[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 31, Volume 3]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 31CFR601.5]



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                  TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE: TREASURY

 

CHAPTER VI--BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

 

PART 601_DISTINCTIVE PAPER FOR UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND OTHER SECURITIES

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Sec. 601.5  Penalty for unauthorized control or possession.



    The Secretary of the Treasury hereby gives notice that the new 

distinctive paper, together with any other distinctive papers heretofore 

adopted for the printing of paper currency or other obligations or 

securities of the United States, is and will be subject to the 

provisions of 18 U.S.C. 474A which provides, in part, that it is against 

the law to possess any paper, or facsimile thereof, designated by the 

Secretary of the Treasury for the printing of U.S. currency or any other 

security of the United States, except with the permission of the 

Secretary or the authorized official. This crime is punishable by a fine 

not to exceed five thousand dollars or imprisonment for not more than 

fifteen years, or both.