Sec. 36a-54. (Formerly Sec. 36-6). False entries by officials of financial institutions.
Sec. 36a-54. (Formerly Sec. 36-6). False entries by officials of financial institutions. Any officer, agent, or employee of any financial institution who makes any false
entry upon the collection or forwarding register or any other book of any such institution,
or who fails correctly to record on the books of such institution any change in its assets
or liabilities, with intent to deceive the commissioner or the officers or auditors of any
such institution, and any person who, with like intent, aids or abets any such officer,
agent, or employee in the violation of any provision of this section, shall be imprisoned
not more than ten years. A finding by the commissioner as a result of an investigation
of any such false entry, failure to correctly record or aiding or abetting shall be considered
a violation of this section for purposes of the administrative enforcement of sections
36a-50 to 36a-53, inclusive. The commissioner shall refer to the Chief State's Attorney
any evidence found by the commissioner of a criminal violation of the provisions of
this section.
(1949 Rev., S. 8707; P.A. 77-614, S. 161, 610; P.A. 78-121, S. 107, 113; P.A. 80-482, S. 234, 345, 348; P.A. 87-9, S.
2, 3; P.A. 91-357, S. 1, 78; P.A. 94-122, S. 30, 340; P.A. 03-259, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 77-614 replaced bank commissioner with banking commissioner within the department of business regulation and made banking department a division of that department, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-121 removed private
bankers from purview of section; P.A. 80-482 restored banking division as independent department with banking commissioner as its head and abolished the department of business regulation; (Revisor's note: Pursuant to P.A. 87-9 "banking"
commissioner and department were changed editorially by the Revisors to commissioner and department "of banking");
P.A. 91-357 made technical changes; P.A. 94-122 made technical changes, effective January 1, 1995; Sec. 36-6 transferred
to Sec. 36a-54 in 1995; P.A. 03-259 required that finding by commissioner of false entry, failure to correctly record
or aiding or abetting shall be considered violation of section for purposes of administrative enforcement and required
commissioner to refer evidence of criminal violation of section to Chief State's Attorney.
Annotation to former section 36-6:
Cited. 159 C. 556.