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Title 12 — Banks and Banking

Chapter 2 — National Banks

§ 64a. Individual liability of shareholders; limitation on liability

Statutory text

The additional liability imposed upon shareholders in national banking associations by the provisions of sections 63 and 64 of this title shall not apply with respect to shares in any such association issued after . Such additional liability shall cease on , with respect to all shares issued by any association which shall be transacting the business of banking on : Provided, That not less than six months prior to such date, such association shall have caused notice of such prospective termination of liability to be published in a newspaper published in the city, town, or county in which such association is located, and if no newspaper is published in such city, town, or county, then in a newspaper of general circulation therein. If the association fail 1 to give such notice as and when above provided, a termination of such additional liability may thereafter be accomplished as of the date six month 2 subsequent to publication, in the manner above provided. In the case of each association which has not caused notice of such prospective termination of liability to be published prior to , the Comptroller of the Currency shall cause such notice to be published in the manner provided in this section, and on the date six months subsequent to such publication by the Comptroller of the Currency such additional liability shall cease.

Footnotes

  1. 1 So in original. Probably should be “fails”.
  2. 2 So in original. Probably should be “months”.

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. Banking Act of 1933

    Pub. L. 73–89 § 22 · 48 Stat. 162

    Enacted · 12 U.S.C. § 64a

    June 16, 1933, ch. 89, § 22, 48 Stat. 189

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    June 16, 1933, ch. 89, § 22, 48 Stat. 189

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 22. The additional liability imposed upon shareholders in Additional liability, not applicable to shares hereafter issued. R.S., sec. 5151, p. 995. Vol. 38, p. 273. U.S.C., p. 263. national banking associations by the provisions of section 5151 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, and section 23 of the Federal Reserve Act, as amended (U.S.C., title 12, secs. 63 and 64), shall not apply with respect to shares in any such association issued after the date of enactment of this Act.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Sections 63 and 64 of this title, referred to in text, were repealed by Pub. L. 86–230, § 7, , 73 Stat. 457.

Amendments1935–1953 · 2 rounds

1953

Act , provided for termination of the additional liability, referred to in the section, by action of the Comptroller of the Currency with regard to those associations which had not, prior to , caused notice of termination to be published.

1935

Act , added second and third sentences.

Executive Documents

Exception as to Transfer of Functions

Functions vested by any provision of law in Comptroller of the Currency, referred to in this section, not included in transfer of functions to Secretary of the Treasury, see note set out under section 1 of this title.

Credits

1933–1953 · 3 acts
  1. 1933June 16, 1933, ch. 89, § 22, 48 Stat. 189
  2. 1935Aug. 23, 1935, ch. 614, title III, § 304, 49 Stat. 708
  3. 1953May 18, 1953, ch. 59, § 2, 67 Stat. 27.
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(June 16, 1933, ch. 89, § 22, 48 Stat. 189; Aug. 23, 1935, ch. 614, title III, § 304, 49 Stat. 708; May 18, 1953, ch. 59, § 2, 67 Stat. 27.)

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