Whoever, being a farm credit examiner or any examiner, public or private, discloses the names of borrowers of any Federal land bank association or Federal land bank, or any organization examined by him under the provisions of law relating to Federal intermediate credit banks, to other than the proper officers of such institution or organization, without first having obtained express permission in writing from the Land Bank Commissioner or from the board of directors of such institution or organization, except when ordered to do so by a court of competent jurisdiction or by direction of the Congress of the United States or either House thereof, or any committee of Congress or either House duly authorized, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and shall be disqualified from holding office as a farm credit examiner.
June 25, 1948, ch. 64562 Stat. 791Pub. L. 86–168, title I, § 104(h)73 Stat. 387Pub. L. 97–297, § 4(c)96 Stat. 1318Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(K)108 Stat. 2147(, ; , , ; , , ; , , .)
Historical and Revision Notes
July 17, 1916, ch. 245, § 3139 Stat. 383July 17, 1916, ch. 245, § 211(d)Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 252, § 242 Stat. 1460June 16, 1933, ch. 98, § 80(a)48 Stat. 273Based on sections 983 and 1124 of title 12, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Banks and Banking ( [third and fourth sentences of third paragraph], ; [part of first sentence], as added , ; , ).
Section 983 of title 12, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Banks and Banking, does not include the term “farm credit examiner,” as used in this section, but it relates thereto as is indicated by sections 951 and 952 of said title.
Section 1124 of title 12, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Banks and Banking, which was taken from a chapter in that title dealing with Federal intermediate credit banks, also relates to farm credit examiners as is indicated by section 1093 thereof. Even so, it was deemed advisable to retain the reference to any examiner “public or private,” as used in said section 1124.
For clarification, the types of associations, banks, and organizations to which section relates, were enumerated wherever referred to, and words “examined by him under the provisions of law relating to Federal intermediate credit banks” were inserted.
In addition, changes were made in phraseology.
section 1124 of title 12The provisions relating to disqualification from holding office as an incident to violation were contained in , U.S.C., 1940 ed., Banks and Banking.
section 1124 of title 12For bribery and other provisions of , U.S.C., 1940 ed., Banks and Banking, see sections 218 and 1909 of this title.
section 983 of title 12section 221 of this titleOther provisions of said , U.S.C., 1940 ed., were incorporated in .
Editorial Notes
Amendments
Pub. L. 103–3221994— substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $5,000”.
Pub. L. 97–2971982— substituted “or Federal land bank” for “, Federal land bank, or joint-stock land bank”.
Pub. L. 86–1681959— substituted “Federal land bank associations” for “national farm loan association”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1959 Amendment
Pub. L. 86–168section 104(k) of Pub. L. 86–168Amendment by effective , see .
Abolition of Office of Land Bank Commissioner
section 636f of Title 12The office of Land Bank Commissioner was abolished by , Banks and Banking.