{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/s502","title_num":"18","num":"§ 502.","heading":"Postage and revenue stamps of foreign governments","status":null,"guid":"idbbe64936-4aa6-11eb-bce4-d6beeb6aa2d0","source_credit":"(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 713; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(G), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)","seq_in_title":194,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI/ch25","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18","level":"title","num":"Title 18—","heading":"CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI","level":"part","num":"PART I—","heading":"CRIMES","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI/ch25","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 25—","heading":"COUNTERFEITING AND FORGERY","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<section xmlns=\"http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" xmlns:dcterms=\"http://purl.org/dc/terms/\" style=\"-uslm-lc:I80\" id=\"id74663d1a-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s502\"><num value=\"502\">§ 502.</num><heading> Postage and revenue stamps of foreign governments</heading><content>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">Whoever forges, or counterfeits, or knowingly utters or uses any forged or counterfeit postage stamp or revenue stamp of any foreign government, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.</p>\n</content><sourceCredit id=\"id74663d1b-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\">(<ref href=\"/us/act/1948-06-25/ch645\">June 25, 1948, ch. 645</ref>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/62/713\">62 Stat. 713</ref>; <ref href=\"/us/pl/103/322/tXXXIII/s330016/1/G\">Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(G)</ref>, <date date=\"1994-09-13\">Sept. 13, 1994</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/108/2147\">108 Stat. 2147</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n<notes type=\"uscNote\" id=\"id74663d1c-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\">\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"historicalAndRevision\" id=\"id74663d1d-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Historical and Revision Notes</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 349 (<ref href=\"/us/act/1909-03-04/ch321/s220\">Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 220</ref>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/35/1132\">35 Stat. 1132</ref>; <ref href=\"/us/act/1926-05-26/ch396\">May 26, 1926, ch. 396</ref>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/44/653\">44 Stat. 653</ref>).</p>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">A paragraph defining “foreign government” was combined with other like provisions to form <ref href=\"/us/usc/t18/s11\">section 11 of this title</ref>. A proviso against repeal, “Provided, however, That nothing in this section shall be held to repeal or modify <ref href=\"/us/usc/t18/s350\">section 350 of this title</ref> [now <ref href=\"/us/usc/t18/s504\">section 504 of this title</ref>]”, was deleted as unnecessary since that section by express reference to this one makes it clear that these sections are in pari materia.</p>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Minor changes in phraseology were also made.</p>\n</note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" role=\"crossHeading\" topic=\"editorialNotes\" id=\"id74663d1e-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered\"><b>Editorial Notes</b></heading></note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"amendments\" id=\"id74663d1f-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Amendments</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">1994—<ref href=\"/us/pl/103/322\">Pub. L. 103–322</ref> substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $500”.</p>\n</note>\n</notes>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"116-214","currency_date":"2020-12-05","congress":116,"law_num":214,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":218,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["02","09","11a","15","16","18","18a","20","21","22","28a","31","37","38","39","40","41","51","52","54"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}