Based on section
599 of title
12, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Banks and Banking (Dec. 23, 1913, ch. 6, § 22(k), as added by act June 19, 1934, ch. 653, § 3,
48 Stat. 1108).
Final sentence of said section
599, imposing civil liability on violators, was omitted as unnecessary, being merely a declaration of that rule of common law which in the absence of statute fixes civil liability on the wrongdoer.
Minor changes were made in phraseology.
A prior section
214 of this title was renumbered section
210.
1994—
Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $5,000”.