§ 953. Impersonator making arrest, search, or seizure, or dispossessing a person

Whoever falsely represents himself to be an officer, agent, or em ployee of the United States or a department or agency thereof, and in such assumed character:

(1) arrests or detains a person;

(2) searches the person, buildings, or other property of a

person;

(3) seizes or levies upon property; or

(4) dispossesses a person of lands or property—

shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than three years, or both.

§ 954. Personating another and incurring liability

Whoever falsely personates another person and in such assumed character:

(1) becomes bail or surety for a party in a proceeding before a court or officer authorized to take the bail or surety;

(2) verifies, publishes, acknowledges, or proves, in the name of another person, a written instrument, with intent that the instrument may be recorded, delivered, or used as true;

(3) does any other act whereby, if it were done by the person falsely personated, he might in any event become liable to: (A) a suit or prosecution;

or

(B) pay a sum of money; or

(C) incur a charge, forfeiture, or penalty;

(4) does any act whereby a benefit might accrue to the party personating, or to another person—

shall be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000, or by imprisonment in jail for not more than one year or in the penitentiary for not more than two years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

§ 955. Marrying under false personation

Whoever falsely personates another person, and in such assumed character marries or pretends to marry, or to sustain the marriage relation towards another person, with or without the connivance of the latter, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than five years, or both.

§ 956. Receiving money or property in false character

Whoever falsely personates another person, and in such assumed character receives money or property, knowing that it is intended to be delivered to the individual so personated, with intent to convert the same to his own use, or to that of another person, or to deprive the true owner thereof, is punishable in the same manner and to the same extent as for larceny of property so received.

Sec.

CHAPTER 53-FORGERY AND COUNTERFEITING

981 Forging, altering or counterfeiting instrument or record; uttering false instrument.

982. False entries in records or returns.

983. Forgery of public or corporate seals.

984. Sending or delivering forged or false messages with fraudulent intent.

985. Possessing or receiving forged or blank bills or notes.

986. Forging or counterfeiting State or municipal securities or obligations.

987. Uttering forged or counterfeit State or municipal securities or obligations. 988. Counterfeiting ticket of common carrier.

989. Restoring cancelled railroad ticket.

990. Altering service center, commissary, retail store, sales store, post exchange, or restaurant check or coupon.

991. Issuing instruments to circulate as money.

992. Procuring or offering forged instrument to be filed or recorded.

§ 981. Forging, altering or counterfeiting instrument or record; uttering false instrument

Whoever :

pay

(1) with intent to defraud, signs the name of another person, or of a fictitious person, knowing that he has no authority to do so, to, or falsely makes, alters, forges or counterfeits, any charter, letters patent, deed, lease, indenture, writing obligatory, will, testament, codicil, annuity, bond, covenant, bank bill or note, post note, check, draft, bill of exchange, contract, promissory note, due bill for the payment of money or property, receipt for money or property, passage ticket, power of attorney, or certificate for any share, right or interest in the stock of a corporation or association, or warrant or order for the payment of money at the treasury, treasurer's order or warrant; or a request for the ment of money or for the delivery of personal property of any kind or of an instrument in writing, acquittance, release or discharge for a debt, account, suit, action, demand or other thing, real or personal; or a transfer or assurance of money, stock certificate, personal property or other property whatever; or a letter of attorney or other power to receive money or to receive or transfer stock certificates or annuities or to let, lease, dispose of, alien or convey any real or personal property; or an acceptance or indorsement of any bill of exchange, promissory note, draft, order or assignment of any bonds, writing obligatory, or promissory note or other contract for money or other property; or

(2) with intent to defraud, counterfeits or forges the seal or handwriting of another; or

(3) utters, publishes, passes or attempts to pass, as true and genuine, any of the above named false, altered, forged or counterfeited matters, as above specified and described, knowing the same to be false, altered, forged or counterfeited, with intent to prejudice, damage or defraud any person; or

(4) with intent to defraud, alters, corrupts or falsifies a record of a will, codicil, conveyance or other instrument, the record of which is by law evidence, or a record of a judgment of a court, or the return of an officer to process of a court

is guilty of forgery, and shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than 14 years.

8982. False entries in records or returns

Whoever, with intent to defraud, makes, forges or alters an entry in a book of records, or an instrument purporting to be a record or return specified by section 981 of this title, is guilty of forgery, and shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than 14 years.

983. Forgery of public or corporate seals

Whoever, with intent to defraud:

(1) forges or counterfeits the seal of the Canal Zone Government, the seal of a public officer authorized by law, the seal of a court of record, or the seal of a corporation, or any other public seal authorized or recognized by the laws of the Canal Zone, or of a State, government or country;

(2) falsely makes, forges or counterfeits an impression purporting to be an impression of any such a seal; or

(3) has in his possession and willfully conceals such a counterfeited seal, or impression thereof, knowing it to be counterfeitedis guilty of forgery, and shall be imprisoned in the pentitentiary not more than 14 years.

§ 984. Sending or delivering forged or false messages with fraudulent intent

Whoever, with the intent to deceive, injure, or defraud:

(1) sends by telegraph, telephone, cable, or radio to a person a forged or false message purporting to be from a telegraph, telephone, cable, or radio office or from any other person;

(2) delivers to a person such a message falsely purporting to have been received by telegraph, telephone, cable, or radio; or (3) furnishes or conspires to furnish to an agent, operator, or employee, to be sent by telegraph, telephone, cable, or radio, or to be delivered, such a message, knowing the message to be forged or false, with the intent to deceive, injure, or defraudshall be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000, or by imprisonment in jail for not more than one year or in the penitentiary for not more than five years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

§ 985. Possessing or receiving forged or blank bills or notes Whoever:

(1) has in his possession or receives from another person a forged promissory note or bank bill, or bill for payment of money or property, with the intention to pass it or to permit, cause or procure it to be uttered or passed, with the intention to defraud any person, knowing it to be forged or counterfeited; or

(2) has or keeps in his possession a blank or unfinished note or bill made in the form or similitude of a promissory note or bill for payment of money or property, made to be issued by an incorporated bank or banking company, with intention to fill up and complete the blank and unfinished note or bill, or to permit or cause or procure it to be filled up and completed, in order to utter or pass it, or to permit or cause or procure it to be uttered or passed, for the purpose of defrauding a person

shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than 14 years, or both.

§ 986. Forging or counterfeiting State or municipal securities or obligations

Whoever, with intent to defraud, falsely makes, alters, forges, or counterfeits a:

(1) bond, certificate, obligation or other security, purporting to be, or in imitation of, a bond, certificate, obligation or other security of the Government of a State or municipality, issued or put forth under the authority of the State or municipality; or (2) treasury note, bill, or promise to pay, lawfully issued by the Government of a State or municipality and intended to circulate

as money

shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than 15 years, or both.

§ 987. Uttering forged or counterfeit State or municipal securities or obligations

Whoever, knowingly and with intent to defraud, utters, passes, or puts off, in payment or negotiation, within the Canal Zone, a false, forged, or counterfeit bend, certificate, obligation, security, treasury note, bill, or promise to pay, referred to by section 986 of this title, whether it was made, altered, forged or counterfeited within the Canal Zone or not, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than 15 years, or both.

§ 988. Counterfeiting ticket of common carrier

Whoever:

(1) counterfeits, forges or alters a ticket, check, order, coupon, receipt for fare, or pass, issued by a common carrier or by a lessee or manager thereof, designed to entitled the holder to ride in the cars, vehicles, vessels, or aircraft of the carrier; or

(2) with intent to defraud the common carrier or a lessee thereof, or any other person, utters, publishes, or puts into circulation any such counterfeit or altered ticket, check, order, coupon, receipt for fare, or pass―

shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned in jail or in the penitentiary not more than one year, or both.

§ 989. Restoring cancelled railroad ticket

Whoever:

(1) for the purpose of restoring to its original appearance and nominal value, in whole or in part, removes, conceals, fills up or obliterates the cuts, marks, punch holes or other evidence of cancellation, from a ticket, check, order, coupon, receipt for fare, or pass, issued by a common carrier or by a lessee or manager thereof, cancelled in whole or in part, with intent to dispose of it by gift, or to circulate it, or with intent to defraud the common carrier or lessee thereof, or any other person; or

(2) with like intent to defraud, offers for sale or in payment of fare on the railroad or vessels, or in the vehicles or aircraft, of the carrier, such a ticket, check, order, coupon, or pass, knowing it to have been restored in whole or in part

shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned in jail not more than 180 days, or both.

8990. Altering service center, commissary, retail store, sales store, post exchange, or restaurant check or coupon Whoever, with intent to defraud, alters a service center, commissary, retail store, sales store, post exchange, or restaurant check, ticket, coupon, or other evidence of a transaction with a service center, commissary, retail store, sales store, post exchange, or restaurant, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned in jail not more than 180 days, or both.

§ 991. Issuing instruments to circulate as money

Whoever makes, issues or puts in circulation a bill, check, ticket, certificate, promissory note, or the paper of a bank, to circulate as money, except as authorized by the laws of the United States or the Canal Zone, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than five years, or both.

§ 992. Procuring or offering forged instrument to be filed or recorded

Whoever knowingly procures or offers a forged or false instrument to be filed, registered or recorded in a public office within the Canal Zone, which instrument if genuine might be filed, registered or recorded under the laws of the Canal Zone or the laws of the United States applicable to the Canal Zone, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than five years, or

both.

Sec.

CHAPTER 55-FRAUD AND FALSE STATEMENTS

1021. Proof of intent to defraud.

1022. Removal, conveyance, or concealment of property in fraud of creditors or others.

1023. Participating in frauds on creditors.

1024. Obtaining money, labor, or property by false pretense; proof.

1025. Making, possessing, or uttering fictitious bill, note, or check.

1026. Drawing or uttering check, draft, or order without sufficient funds; presumption.

1027. Reselling sold property.

1028. False representation by married person when selling or mortgaging lands. 1029. False or fraudulent sale of property; mock auctions.

1030. Fraudulent devices to affect market price of property.

1031. Defrauding or prejudicing insurer of property.

1032. Fraud in affairs of partnership.

1033. False statements by commission merchants or factors.

1034. Defrauding hotels, guesthouses, lodginghouses, or restaurants.

1035. Misrepresentation of newspaper circulation.

1036. Failure to give proper tax or license receipts.

1037. Possession of improper blank licenses or tax receipts.

1038. Fraudulent production of infant with intent to intercept inheritance. 1039. Substitution of one child for another.

§ 1021. Proof of intent to defraud

When, by a provision of this Code, an intent to defraud is required to constitute an offense, it is sufficient if an intent appears to defraud a person, as defined by section 61 of Title 1, or any body politic. § 1022. Removal, conveyance, or concealment of property in

Whoever:

fraud of creditors or others

(1) fraudulently removes his property or effects beyond the jurisdiction of the courts, or fraudulently sells, conveys, assigns or conceals his property, with intent to defraud, hinder, or delay his creditors of their rights, claims, or demands; or

(2) having an action pending against him or a judgment for the recovery of personal property rendered against him, fraudulently conceals, sells, or disposes of that property with intent to hinder, delay, or defraud the person bringing the action or recovering the judgment, or, with that intent, removes the property beyond the jurisdiction of the courts in which it may be at the time of the commencement of the action or the rendering of the judgment

shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than one year, or both.

§ 1023. Participating in frauds on creditors

Whoever :

(1) is a party to a fraudulent conveyance of property, real or personal, or a right or interest issuing out of the property, or to a bond, suit, judgment or execution, contract or conveyance, had, made or contrived with intent to deceive and defraud others or to defeat, hinder or delay creditors or others of their just debts, damages or demands; or

(2) being a party as aforesaid, at any time knowingly and willfully puts in, uses, avows, maintains, justifies or defends the same or any of them as true and done, had or made in good faith or upon good consideration, or aliens, assigns or sells any of the property, real or personal, or other things before mentioned, conveyed to him or them as aforesaid, or any part thereof

shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both.