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title: "12 U.S.C. § 83"
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# 12 U.S.C. § 83 - Loans by bank on its own stock
## Text
(a) General prohibition No national bank shall make any loan or discount on the security of the shares of its own capital stock.
(b) Exclusion For purposes of this section, a national bank shall not be deemed to be making a loan or discount on the security of the shares of its own capital stock if it acquires the stock to prevent loss upon a debt previously contracted for in good faith.
(R.S. § 5201; Pub. L. 106569, title XII, § 1207(a), Dec. 27, 2000, 114 Stat. 3034.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
Codification R.S. § 5201 derived from act June 3, 1864, ch. 106, § 35, 13 Stat. 110, which was the National Bank Act. See section 38 of this title.
Amendments2000—Pub. L. 106569 amended section catchline and text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “No association shall make any loan or discount on the security of the shares of its own capital stock, nor be the purchaser or holder of any such shares, unless such security or purchase shall be necessary to prevent loss upon a debt previously contracted in good faith; and stock so purchased or acquired shall, within six months from the time of its purchase, be sold or disposed of at public or private sale; or, in default thereof, a receiver may be appointed to close up the business of the association, according to section 192 of this title.”