12 USC § 227 - “Banking Act of 1933”

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title: "12 USC § 227 - “Banking Act of 1933”"
title_number: 12
title_name: "BANKS AND BANKING"
section_number: "227"
section_name: "“Banking Act of 1933”"
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chapter_name: "FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM"
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subchapter_name: "DEFINITIONS, ORGANIZATION, AND GENERAL PROVISIONS AFFECTING SYSTEM"
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source_credit: "(June 16, 1933, ch. 89, § 1, 48 Stat. 162.)"
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# § 227. “Banking Act of 1933”

Act of June 16, 1933, ch. 8948 Stat. 162

The short title of the , , shall be the “Banking Act of 1933.”

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**Source Credit**: (June 16, 1933, ch. 89, § 1, 48 Stat. 162.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Banking Act of 1933, also known as the Glass-Steagall Act, 1933, referred to in text, is classified to sections 24, 33, 34a, 36, 51, 52, 61, 64a, 71a, 77, 78, 84, 85, 161, 197a, 221a, 227, 242, 244, 248, 289, 301, 304, 321, 329, 333 to 338, 347, 348a, 371b, 371c, 371d, 374a, 375a, 377, 378, 481, and 632 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Right To Amend, Alter or Repeal; Separability

> “The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. If any provision of this act, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances, is held invalid, the remainder of the act, and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby”.

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