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Title 12 — Banks and Banking

Chapter 46 — Government Sponsored Enterprises

§ 4636b. Criminal penalty

Statutory text

Whoever, being subject to an order in effect under section 4636a of this title, without the prior written approval of the Director, knowingly participates, directly or indirectly, in any manner (including by engaging in an activity specifically prohibited in such an order) in the conduct of the affairs of any regulated entity shall, notwithstanding section 3571 of title 18, be fined not more than $1,000,000, imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both.

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. Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992

    Pub. L. 102–550 title XIII § 1378 · 106 Stat. 3672

    Enacted · 12 U.S.C. § 4636b

    (Pub. L. 102–550, title XIII, § 1378, as added Pub. L. 110–289, div. A, title I, § 1156(a), July 30, 2008, 122 Stat. 2777.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 102–550, title XIII, § 1378, as added Pub. L. 110–289, div. A, title I, § 1156(a), July 30, 2008, 122 Stat. 2777.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 1378. PRIVATE RIGHTS OF ACTION. This title and the amendments made by this title shall not create any private right of action on behalf of any person against an enterprise, or any director or executive officer of an enterprise, or impair any existing private right of action under other applicable law.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 1378 of Pub. L. 102–550 was renumbered section 1379A and is classified to section 4638 of this title.

Credits

(Pub. L. 102–550, title XIII, § 1378, as added Pub. L. 110–289, div. A, title I, § 1156(a), , 122 Stat. 2777.)

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