Any wilful false swearing in regard to any certificate or report or public notice required by the provisions of this chapter shall be perjury and shall be punished as such according to the laws of the District of Columbia. Any misappropriation of any of the money of any corporation or company formed under this chapter, or of any money, funds, or property intrusted to it, shall be held to be theft, and shall be punished as such under the laws of said District.
(Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1307, ch. 854, § 732; Dec. 1, 1982, D.C. Law 4-164,§ 601(h), 29 DCR 3976.)
1981 Ed., § 26-420.
1973 Ed., § 26-320.
Structure District of Columbia Code
Title 26 - Banks and Other Financial Institutions
Chapter 13 - Trust, Loan, Mortgage, Safe Deposit and Title Corporations
§ 26–1301. Manner of formation; purposes
§ 26–1304. Organization certificate; execution; contents
§ 26–1305. Charter of incorporation — Power of Council to grant or refuse
§ 26–1306. Charter of incorporation — Notice of application
§ 26–1309. Powers of companies; liability as trustee
§ 26–1310. Appointment as fiduciary
§ 26–1311.01. Automatic substitution of fiduciaries
§ 26–1312. Stock, property, and liability to be security when fiduciary
§ 26–1313. Existing companies; certificate of intention to comply with provisions
§ 26–1314. Real property held and conveyed by companies
§ 26–1315. Duration of charter
§ 26–1317. Capital stock — Calls; sale on failure to pay money subscribed
§ 26–1318. Annual reports — Publication; contents; verification
§ 26–1319. Annual reports — Liability of directors or trustees
§ 26–1320. Wilful false swearing; misappropriation
§ 26–1321. Stock deemed personal estate; transfer; contents of certificates
§ 26–1322. Liability of stockholders
§ 26–1323. Payment of stock to be in money only; exception
§ 26–1324. Election of, and management of company by, directors or trustees
§ 26–1325. Officers; security authorized
§ 26–1326. Power to make bylaws; purposes thereof
§ 26–1327. Liability of directors or trustees on declaration of dividends — Conditions
§ 26–1328. Liability of directors or trustees on declaration of dividends — Exemption
§ 26–1329. Directors or trustees personally liable when liabilities exceed assets
§ 26–1330. Fiduciary not liable as stockholder; liability of estate and funds
§ 26–1331. Increase or decrease of capital stock
§ 26–1332. Copy of certificate as evidence
§ 26–1333. Security required for performance of fiduciary duties; liability thereon
§ 26–1334. Powers of probate court
§ 26–1335. Compliance required of foreign corporations or companies
§ 26–1336. Right of Congress to amend or repeal chapter; remedies preserved