Tenn. Code Ann. § 45-2-1716
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Appropriation of property, false entries, or refusal to make reports
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(a) Any director, officer, or employee of any bank commits a Class C misdemeanor who: (1) Knowingly receives or possesses any of the bank's property, otherwise than in payment for a just demand, or with intent to defraud, and omits to make, or causes the omission of, a full and true entry thereof in its books and accounts; (2) Concurs in omitting to make any material entry in its books or accounts; or (3) Knowingly by letterhead, newspaper advertisement, or otherwise represents its capital stock to be in excess of the actual capital paid in, or knowingly concurs in making or publishing any written report, exhibit, or statement of its affairs or pecuniary conditions, making any material statement that is false and by which the bank is made to appear in better condition than it really is, or knowingly omits or concurs in omitting any statement required by law. (b) This section shall not be construed to conflict with § 39-14-103 . Acts 1969, ch. 36, § 1 (3.615); T.C.A., § 45-1116; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113; 1996, ch. 675, § 46.
(a) Any director, officer, or employee of any bank commits a Class C misdemeanor who: (1) Knowingly receives or possesses any of the bank's property, otherwise than in payment for a just demand, or with intent to defraud, and omits to make, or causes the omission of, a full and true entry thereof in its books and accounts; (2) Concurs in omitting to make any material entry in its books or accounts; or (3) Knowingly by letterhead, newspaper advertisement, or otherwise represents its capital stock to be in excess of the actual capital paid in, or knowingly concurs in making or publishing any written report, exhibit, or statement of its affairs or pecuniary conditions, making any material statement that is false and by which the bank is made to appear in better condition than it really is, or knowingly omits or concurs in omitting any statement required by law.
(1) Knowingly receives or possesses any of the bank's property, otherwise than in payment for a just demand, or with intent to defraud, and omits to make, or causes the omission of, a full and true entry thereof in its books and accounts;
(2) Concurs in omitting to make any material entry in its books or accounts; or
(3) Knowingly by letterhead, newspaper advertisement, or otherwise represents its capital stock to be in excess of the actual capital paid in, or knowingly concurs in making or publishing any written report, exhibit, or statement of its affairs or pecuniary conditions, making any material statement that is false and by which the bank is made to appear in better condition than it really is, or knowingly omits or concurs in omitting any statement required by law.
(b) This section shall not be construed to conflict with § 39-14-103 .
Acts 1969, ch. 36, § 1 (3.615); T.C.A., § 45-1116; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113; 1996, ch. 675, § 46.
(a) Any director, officer, or employee of any bank commits a Class C misdemeanor who: (1) Knowingly receives or possesses any of the bank's property, otherwise than in payment for a just demand, or with intent to defraud, and omits to make, or causes the omission of, a full and true entry thereof in its books and accounts; (2) Concurs in omitting to make any material entry in its books or accounts; or (3) Knowingly by letterhead, newspaper advertisement, or otherwise represents its capital stock to be in excess of the actual capital paid in, or knowingly concurs in making or publishing any written report, exhibit, or statement of its affairs or pecuniary conditions, making any material statement that is false and by which the bank is made to appear in better condition than it really is, or knowingly omits or concurs in omitting any statement required by law.
(1) Knowingly receives or possesses any of the bank's property, otherwise than in payment for a just demand, or with intent to defraud, and omits to make, or causes the omission of, a full and true entry thereof in its books and accounts;
(2) Concurs in omitting to make any material entry in its books or accounts; or
(3) Knowingly by letterhead, newspaper advertisement, or otherwise represents its capital stock to be in excess of the actual capital paid in, or knowingly concurs in making or publishing any written report, exhibit, or statement of its affairs or pecuniary conditions, making any material statement that is false and by which the bank is made to appear in better condition than it really is, or knowingly omits or concurs in omitting any statement required by law.
(b) This section shall not be construed to conflict with § 39-14-103 .
Acts 1969, ch. 36, § 1 (3.615); T.C.A., § 45-1116; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113; 1996, ch. 675, § 46.
Status: in_force
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