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title: "18 U.S.C. § 484"
description: "Connecting parts of different notes"
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title_number: 18
title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
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section: "484"
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# 18 U.S.C. § 484 - Connecting parts of different notes
## Text
Whoever so places or connects together different parts of two or more notes, bills, or other genuine instruments issued under the authority of the United States, or by any foreign government, or corporation, as to produce one instrument, with intent to defraud, shall be guilty of forgery in the same manner as if the parts so put together were falsely made or forged, and shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 708; Pub. L. 103322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(H), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147; Pub. L. 10756, title III, § 374(h), Oct. 26, 2001, 115 Stat. 341.)
## Notes
Historical and Revision NotesBased on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 276 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 162, 35 Stat. 1119). Minor changes in phraseology were made.
Editorial Notes
Amendments2001—Pub. L. 10756 substituted “10 years” for “five years”. 1994—Pub. L. 103322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $1,000”.