§ 4217. — Embezzlement of fees or of effects of American citizens.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 22USC4217]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 52--FOREIGN SERVICE
SUBCHAPTER XIV--POWERS, DUTIES AND LIABILITIES OF CONSULAR OFFICERS
GENERALLY
Sec. 4217. Embezzlement of fees or of effects of American
citizens
Every consular officer who willfully neglects to render true and
just quarterly accounts and returns of the business of his office, and
of moneys received by him for the use of the United States, or who
neglects to pay over any balance of said moneys due to the United States
at the expiration of any quarter, before the expiration of the next
succeeding quarter, or who shall receive money, property, or effects
belonging to a citizen of the United States and shall not within a
reasonable time after demand made upon him by the Secretary of State or
by such citizen, his executor, administrator, or legal representative,
account for and pay over all moneys, property, and effects, less his
lawful fees, due to such citizen, 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 $2,000.
(R.S. Sec. 1734; Dec. 21, 1898, ch. 36, Sec. 3, 30 Stat. 771.)
Codification
R.S. Sec. 1734 derived from act Mar. 3, 1869, ch. 125, Sec. 5, 15
Stat. 322.
Section was not enacted as part of the Foreign Service Act of 1980
which comprises this chapter.
Section was formerly classified to section 1198 of this title, and
prior thereto to section 102 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 4191 of this title.
