(a) In general. Whoever, being an examiner or assistant examiner,
accepts a loan or gratuity from any bank, branch, agency, organization,
corporation, association, or institution examined by the examiner
or from any person connected with it, shall—
(1) be fined under this title, imprisoned
not more than 1 year, or both;
(2) may be fined a further sum equal to
the money so loaned or gratuity given; and
(3) shall be disqualified from holding
office as an examiner.
(b) Definitions. In this section,
the terms “examiner”, “Federal financial institution regulatory agency”,
“financial institution”, and “loan” have the same meanings as in section
212.
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USC 213 (formerly section 218). As amended by acts of Aug. 21, 1958
(72 Stat. 698); Oct. 23, 1962 (76 Stat. 1125), which redesignated
the number of this section; Aug. 9, 1989 (103 Stat. 502); Nov. 29,
1990 (104 Stat. 4909); Sept. 13, 1994 (108 Stat. 2141, 2147); and
Dec. 19, 2003 (117 Stat. 2899).]
