Cal. FIN § 1333
This is the official text of Cal. FIN § 1333, part of California’s Financial Code — regulates banks, credit unions, lenders, and other financial institutions.
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Official statutory text
(a) Every director of a bank in this state who does either of the following is guilty of a misdemeanor:
(1) In case of the fraudulent insolvency of such bank, the director participated in the fraud.
(2) Willfully does any act as the director that is expressly forbidden by law or willfully omits to perform any duty imposed by law upon him or her as the director.
(b) The insolvency of a bank is deemed fraudulent for the purposes of this section, unless its affairs appear upon investigation to have been administered clearly, legally, and with the same care and diligence that agents receiving a compensation for their services are bound, by law, to observe.
(1) In case of the fraudulent insolvency of such bank, the director participated in the fraud.
(2) Willfully does any act as the director that is expressly forbidden by law or willfully omits to perform any duty imposed by law upon him or her as the director.
(b) The insolvency of a bank is deemed fraudulent for the purposes of this section, unless its affairs appear upon investigation to have been administered clearly, legally, and with the same care and diligence that agents receiving a compensation for their services are bound, by law, to observe.
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