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Title 12 — Banks and Banking

Chapter 2 — National Banks

§ 42. Territorial application

Statutory text

The provisions of all Acts of Congress relating to national banks shall apply in the several States, the District of Columbia, the several Territories and possessions of the United States, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 86–230 § 14 · 73 Stat. 457

    Enacted · 12 U.S.C. § 42

    (Pub. L. 86–230, § 14, Sept. 8, 1959, 73 Stat. 458.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 86–230, § 14, Sept. 8, 1959, 73 Stat. 458.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 14. The provisions of all Acts of Congress relating to national banks shall apply in the several States, the District of Columbia, the several Territories and possessions of the United States, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Pub. L. 86–230, § 14, , 73 Stat. 458.)

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