Source: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/291?quicktabs_8=0
Timestamp: 2014-09-17 12:34:03
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 291', '§ 291', '§ 291', '§ 402', '§ 321', '§ 330016', '§ 193', '§ 104']

18 U.S. Code § 291 - Purchase of claims for fees by court officials | LII / Legal Information Institute
U.S. Code › Title 18 › Part I › Chapter 15 › § 291 18 U.S. Code § 291 - Purchase of claims for fees by court officials
Whoever, being a judge, clerk, or deputy clerk of any court of the United States or a Territory or Possession thereof, or a United States district attorney, assistant attorney, marshal, deputy marshal, magistrate judge, or other person holding any office or employment, or position of trust or profit under the United States, directly or indirectly purchases at less than the full face value thereof, any claim against the United States for the fee, mileage, or expenses of any witness, juror, deputy marshal, or any other officer of such court, shall be fined under this title.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 699; Pub. L. 90–578, title IV, § 402(b)(2),Oct. 17, 1968, 82 Stat. 1118; Pub. L. 101–650, title III, § 321,Dec. 1, 1990, 104 Stat. 5117; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(H),Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 193 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 104,35 Stat. 1107).
Word “Possession” was inserted to clarify scope of section.