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 62 STAT.] 80TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 645-JUNE 25, 1948 § 476. TAKING IMPRESSIONS OF TOOLS USED FOR OBLIGATIONS OR SECURITIES Whoever, without authority from the United States, takes, procures, or makes an impression, stamp, or imprint of, from or by the use of any tool, implement, instrument, or thing used or fitted or intended to be used in printing, stamping, or impressing, or in making other tools, implements, instruments, or things to be used or fitted or intended to be used in printing, stamping, or impressing any obligation or other security of the United States, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. § 477. POSSESSING OR SELLING IMPRESSIONS OF TOOLS USED FOR OBLIGA- TIONS OR SECURITIES Whoever, with intent to defraud, possesses, keeps, safeguards, or controls, without authority from the United States, any imprint, stamp, or impression, taken or made upon any substance or material whatsoever, of any tool, implement, instrument or thing, used, fitted or intended to be used, for any of the purposes mentioned in section 476 of this title; or SuprTa Whoever, with intent to defraud, sells, gives, or delivers any such imprint, stamp, or impression to any other person- Shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. § 478. FOREIGN OBLIGATIONS OR SECURITIES Whoever, within the United States, with intent to defraud, falsely makes, alters, forges, or counterfeits any bond, certificate, obligation, or other security of any foreign government, purporting to be or in imitation of any such security issued under the authority of such for- eign government, or any treasury note, bill, or promise to pay, lawfully issued by such foreign government and intended to circulate as money, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. § 479. UTTRING COUNTERFEIT FOREIGN OBLIGATIONS OR SECURITIES Whoever, within the United States, knowingly and with intent to defraud, utters, passes, or puts off, in payment or negotiation, any false, forged, or counterfeited bond, certificate, obligation, security, treasury note, bill, or promise to pay, mentioned in section 478 of thisn SUPr a title, whether or not the same was made, altered, forged, or counter- feited within the United States, shall be fined not more than $3,000 or imprisoned not more than three years, or both. § 480. POSSESSING COUNTERFEIT FOREIGN OBLIGATIONS OR SECURITIES Whoever, within the United States, knowingly and with intent to defraud, possesses or delivers any false, forged, or counterfeit bond, certificate, obligation, security, treasury note, bill, promise to pay, bank note, or bill issued by a bank or corporation of any foreign country, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. § 481. PLATES OR STONES FOR COUNTERFEmING FOREIGN OBLIGATIONS OR SECURITIES Whoever, within the United States except by lawful authority, con- trols, holds, or possesses any plate, stone, or other thing, or any part thereof, from which has been printed or may be printed any counter- feit 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 707

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