31 CFR § 601.5 - Penalty for Unauthorized Control or Possession.

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title: "31 CFR § 601.5 - Penalty for Unauthorized Control or Possession."
title_number: 31
title_name: "Money and Finance: Treasury"
section_number: "601.5"
section_name: "Penalty for Unauthorized Control or Possession."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
part_number: "601"
part_name: "DISTINCTIVE PAPER AND DISTINCTIVE COUNTERFEIT DETERRENTS FOR UNITED STATES FEDERAL RESERVE NOTES"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 12 U.S.C. 418, 421; 18 U.S.C. 474A; 31 U.S.C. 321."
regulatory_source: "88 FR 43063, July 6, 2023, unless otherwise noted."
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# 601.5 Penalty for Unauthorized Control or Possession.

(a) Control or possession of distinctive paper and/or distinctive counterfeit deterrents adopted in §§  601.3 and 601.4 require authorization by the Secretary of the Treasury.

(b) The penalty for unauthorized control and/or possession of distinctive paper and/or distinctive counterfeit deterrents adopted in §§  601.3 and 601.4 is found at 18 U.S.C. 474A.