(1) if the prisoner was in custody upon a conviction of felony punishable by death, be imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than 14 years;

(2) if the prisoner was in custody upon a conviction of a felony other than a felony punishable by death, be imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than 5 years;

(3) if the prisoner was in custody upon a charge of felony, be fined not more than $1.000 or imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than 2 years, or both; or

(4) if the prisoner was in custody otherwise than upon a conviction or charge of felony, be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned in jail not more than 180 days, or both.

CHAPTER 47-EXTORTION, OPPRESSION, AND THREATS

Sec.

881. Definition of extortion.

882. Threats inducing fear such as will constitute extortion.

883. Punishment of extortion generally.

884. Punishment of extortion committed under color of official right.

885. Obtaining signature by threats.

886. Attempt to commit extortion.

887. Oppression.

888. Blackmail.

889. Threatening letters.

§ 881. Definition of extortion

Extortion is the obtaining of:

(1) property from another with his consent; or

(2) an official act of a public officer

induced by a wrongful use of force or fear, or under color of official right.

§ 882. Threats inducing fear such as will constitute extortion Fear such as will constitute extortion may be induced by an oral or written threat, either to:

(1) do an unlawful injury to the person or property of the individual threatened or of a third person;

(2) accuse the individual threatened or a relative of his or member of his family of a crime;

(3) expose or impute to him or them a deformity, disgrace,

or crime; or

(4) expose a secret affecting him or them.

§ 883. Punishment of extortion generally

Whoever is guilty of extortion shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than five years.

§ 884. Punishment of extortion committed under color of official

right

Whoever commits an extortion under color of official right, in cases for which a different punishment is not prescribed in this title, shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both.

§ 885. Obtaining signature by threats

Whoever, by extortionate means, obtains from another person his signature to a paper or instrument, which signature, if freely given, would have transferred property, or created a debt, demand, charge, or right of action, shall be punished in the same manner as if the actual delivery of property of the value or amount of the debt, demand, charge or right of action were obtained.

§ 886. Attempt to commit extortion

Whoever attempts, by means of a threat such as is specified by section 882 of this title, to:

person; or

(1) extort money or other property from another (2) obtain an official act of a public officershall be punished by a fine of not more than $2,500, or by imprisonment in jail not more than one year or in the penitentiary not more than two and one-half years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

§ 887. Oppression

Whoever, being a public officer, under color of authority and without lawful necessity, assaults, wrongs, oppresses, or beats a person, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than five years, or both.

§ 888. Blackmail

Whoever, with intent to extort money or other property from another person, sends or delivers to a person a letter or other writing, whether subscribed or not, expressing or implying, or adapted to imply, a threat such as is specified by section 882 of this title, is punishable in the same manner as if the money or property were actually obtained by means of the threat.

§ 889. Threatening letters

Whoever knowingly and willfully sends or delivers to a person a letter or writing, whether subscribed or not, threatening to accuse him or another person of a crime, or to expose or publish any of his failings or infirmities, shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both.

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CHAPTER 49-FALSE IMPRISONMENT

921. Punishment for false imprisonment.

§ 921. Punishment for false imprisonment

Whoever unlawfully violates the personal liberty of another person is guilty of false imprisonment, and shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than one year, or both.

Sec.

CHAPTER 51-FALSE PERSONATION

951. Personation of law enforcement officer.

952. Impersonating an officer or employee of the United States.

953. Impersonator making arrest, search, or seizure, or dispossessing a person. 954. Personating another and incurring liability.

955. Marrying under false personation.

956. Receiving money or property in false character.

§ 951. Personation of law enforcement officer

Whoever, not being a law enforcement officer, directly or indirectly represents himself as such an officer, shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both.

§ 952. Impersonating an officer or employee of the United States Whoever falsely assumes or pretends to be an officer or employee acting under the authority of the United States or a department, agency or officer thereof, and acts as such, or in such pretended character demands or obtains any money, paper, documents, or thing of value, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than three years, or both.

§ 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.

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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 :

(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 payment 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.

§ 982. 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 bond, 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 Canaĺ Zone or not, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than 15 years, or both.