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Volume 44

Public Law 69–396

To amend section 220 of the Criminal Code.

Approved May 26, 1926

Statutory text

An Act

To amend section 220 of the Criminal Code.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That section 220 of the Criminal Code be amended to read as follows:

“ Sec. 220.

Whoever shall forge, or counterfeit, or knowingly

Punishment for counterfeiting foreign postage or revenue stamps.

utter or use any forged or counterfeit postage stamp or revenue stamp of any foreign government shall be fined not more than $500, or imprisoned riot more than five years, or both: Provided, however, That

Proviso.

Printing as illustrations, etc., not affected.

Vol. 42, p, 1437.

nothing in this Act shall be held to repeal or modify an Act entitled ‘An Act to allow the printing and publishing of illustrations of foreign postage and revenue stamps from defaced plates,’ approved March 3, 1923.”

Approved, May 26, 1926.

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