§ 338.
Examination of affiliates; forfeiture of membership on refusal of affiliate to give information or pay expense
In connection with examinations of State member banks, examiners selected or approved by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System shall make such examinations of the affairs of all affiliates of such banks as shall be necessary to disclose fully the relations between such banks and their affiliates and the effect of such relations upon the affairs of such banks. The expense of examination of affiliates of any State member bank may, in the discretion of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, be assessed against such bank and, when so assessed, shall be paid by such bank. In the event of the refusal to give any information requested in the course of the examination of any such affiliate, or in the event of the refusal to permit such examination, or in the event of the refusal to pay any expenses so assessed, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System may, in its discretion, require any or all State member banks affiliated with such affiliate to surrender their stock in the Federal Reserve bank and to forfeit all rights and privileges of membership in the Federal Reserve System, as provided in this subchapter.
Source
(Dec. 23, 1913, ch. 6, § 9 (par.), as added June 16, 1933, ch. 89, § 5(c), 48 Stat. 166; amended Aug. 23, 1935, ch. 614, title II, § 203(a), 49 Stat. 704.)Notes
References in Text
This subchapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this section”, meaning section 9 of act
Dec. 23, 1913
, which is classified generally to this subchapter (§ 321 et seq.).Codification
Section is comprised of the twenty-second par. of section 9 of act
Dec. 23, 1913
, as amended. The twenty-second par. constituted the twenty-first par. of section 9 in 1933 (48 Stat. 166), became the twenty-second par. in 1935 (49 Stat. 704), and became the twenty-third par. in 1950 (64 Stat. 458), and became the twenty-second par. in 1966 (80 Stat. 243). For further details, see Codification notes set out under sections 321 and 329a of this title.Change of Name
Section 203(a) of act
Aug. 23, 1935
, changed name of Federal Reserve Board to Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.