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[CITE: 15USC80a-36]

 
                      TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
 
              CHAPTER 2D--INVESTMENT COMPANIES AND ADVISERS
 
                   SUBCHAPTER I--INVESTMENT COMPANIES
 
Sec. 80a-36. Larceny and embezzlement

    Whoever steals, unlawfully abstracts, unlawfully and willfully 
converts to his own use or to the use of another, or embezzles any of 
the moneys, funds, securities, credits, property, or assets of any 
registered investment company shall be deemed guilty of a crime, and 
upon conviction thereof shall be subject to the penalties provided in 
section 80a-48 of this title. A judgment of conviction or acquittal on 
the merits under the laws of any State shall be a bar to any prosecution 
under this section for the same act or acts.

(Aug. 22, 1940, ch. 686, title I, Sec. 37, 54 Stat. 841.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 80a-6, 80a-58 of this title.
