§ 202. Inducing conveyances by Indians of trust interests in lands

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. 1910

   Pub. L. 61–431 § 5 · 36 Stat. 855

   Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 202

   (June 25, 1910, ch. 431, § 5, 36 Stat. 857.)

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   (June 25, 1910, ch. 431, § 5, 36 Stat. 857.)

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 5. That it shall be unlawful for any person to induce any Inducing conveyances by Indians of trust interests unlawful. Indian to execute any contract, deed, mortgage, or other instrument purporting to convey any land or any interest therein held by the United States in trust for such Indian, or to offer any such contract, deed, mortgage, or other instrument for record in the office of any recorder of deeds. Any person violating this provision shall be Punishment for. deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars for the first offense, and if convicted for a second offense may be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court: Provided, That this section shall not apply to any Proviso. Exception. lease or other contract authorized by law to be made.

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