714 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 645-JUNE 25, 1948 [62 STAT. tendency to bring into disrepute any obligation or other security of the United States will result, by regulations, permit, to the extent and under such conditions as he may deem appropriate, the printing, pub- lishing or importation or the making or importation of the necessary plates for such printing or publishing, for philatelic purposes in arti- cles, books, journals, newspapers, or albums (including the circulars or advertising literature of legitimate dealers in stamps or publishers of or dealers in philatelic or historical articles, books, journals, or albums), of black and white illustrations of canceled or uncanceled United States postage stamps. The Secretary, subject to the approval of the President, may amend or repeal such regulations at any time. Such regulations, and any amendment or repeal thereof, shall become effective upon publication thereof in the Federal Register or upon such date as may be specified therein if later than the date of publication. All findings of fact made hereunder shall be final and conclusive and shall not be subject to review. § 505. SEALS OF COURTS; SIGNATURES OF JUDGES OR COURT OFFICERS Whoever forges the signature of any judge, register, or other officer of any court of the United States, or of any Territory thereof, or forges or counterfeits the seal of any such court, or knowingly concurs in using any such forged or counterfeit signature or seal, for the purpose of authenticating any proceeding or document, or tenders in evidence any such proceeding or document with a false or counterfeit signa- ture of any such judge, register, or other officer, or a false or counter- feit seal of the court, subscribed or attached thereto, knowing such signature or seal to be false or counterfeit, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. § 506. SEALS OF DEPARTMENTS OR AGENCIES Whoever falsely makes, forges, counterfeits, mutilates, or alters the seal of any department or agency of the United States; or Whoever knowingly uses, affixes, or impresses any such fraudulently made, forged, counterfeited, mutilated, or altered seal to or upon any certificate, instrument, commission, document, or paper, of any descrip- tion, or Whoever, with fraudulent intent, possesses any such seal, knowing the same to have been so falsely made, forged, counterfeited, mutilated or altered- Shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. § 507. SH'IPS PAPERS Whoever falsely makes, forges, counterfeits, or alters any instru- ment in imitation of or purporting to be, an abstract or official copy or certificate of the recording, registry, or enrollment of any vessel, in the office of any collector of the customs, or a license to any vessel for carrying on the coasting trade or fisheries of the United States, or a certificate of ownership, pass, or clearance, granted for any vessel, under the authority of the United States, or a permit, debenture, or other official document granted by any collector or other officer of the customs by virtue of his office; or Whoever utters, publishes, or passes, or attempts to utter, publish or pass, as true, any such false, forged, counterfeited, or falsely altered instrument, abstract, official copy, certificate, license, pass, clearance, permit, debenture, or other official document herein specified, knowing the same to be false, forged, counterfeited, or falsely altered, with an intent to defraud-- Shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
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