12 USC § 7 - Chief of examining division

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title: "12 USC § 7 - Chief of examining division"
title_number: 12
title_name: "BANKS AND BANKING"
section_number: "7"
section_name: "Chief of examining division"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "THE COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Jan. 3, 1923, ch. 22, 42 Stat. 1096.)"
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# § 7. Chief of examining division

The Comptroller of the Currency may designate a national bank examiner to act as chief of the examining division in his office.

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**Source Credit**: (Jan. 3, 1923, ch. 22, 42 Stat. 1096.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section is based on Treasury Department Appropriation Act, 1924, act .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Similar Provisions

Similar provisions were contained in , , and in earlier appropriation acts.

## 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 .