22 USC § 4199 - Penalty for failure to give bond and for embezzlement

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identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s4199"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "22 USC § 4199 - Penalty for failure to give bond and for embezzlement"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "4199"
section_name: "Penalty for failure to give bond and for embezzlement"
chapter_number: 52
chapter_name: "FOREIGN SERVICE"
subchapter_number: "XIV"
subchapter_name: "POWERS, DUTIES AND LIABILITIES OF CONSULAR OFFICERS GENERALLY"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 30, 1902, ch. 1331, § 2, 32 Stat. 547.)"
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# § 4199. Penalty for failure to give bond and for embezzlement

section 4198 of this title

Every consular officer who accepts any appointment to any office of trust mentioned in  without first having complied with the provisions thereof by due execution of a bond as therein required, or who shall willfully fail or neglect to account for, pay over, and deliver any money, property, or effects so received to any person lawfully entitled thereto, after having been requested by the latter, his representative or agent so to do, shall be deemed guilty of embezzlement and shall be punishable by imprisonment for not more than five years and by a fine of not more than $5,000.

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**Source Credit**: (June 30, 1902, ch. 1331, § 2, 32 Stat. 547.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was not enacted as part of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 which comprises this chapter.

Section was formerly classified to , and prior thereto to .