§ 4199. — Penalty for failure to give bond and for embezzlement.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC4199]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 52--FOREIGN SERVICE
SUBCHAPTER XIV--POWERS, DUTIES AND LIABILITIES OF CONSULAR OFFICERS
GENERALLY
Sec. 4199. Penalty for failure to give bond and for embezzlement
Every consular officer who accepts any appointment to any office of
trust mentioned in section 4198 of this title without first having
complied with the provisions thereof by due execution of a bond as
therein required, or who shall willfully fail or neglect to account for,
pay over, and deliver any money, property, or effects so received to any
person lawfully entitled thereto, after having been requested by the
latter, his representative or agent so to do, shall be deemed guilty of
embezzlement and shall be punishable by imprisonment for not more than
five years and by a fine of not more than $5,000.
(June 30, 1902, ch. 1331, Sec. 2, 32 Stat. 547.)
Codification
Section was not enacted as part of the Foreign Service Act of 1980
which comprises this chapter.
Section was formerly classified to section 1179 of this title, and
prior thereto to section 79 of this title.
