§ 751. Definition As used in this chapter, "director" embraces any of the persons having by law the direction or management of the affairs of a corporation, by whatever name they are described in its charter or bylaws. § 752. Fictitious or fraudulent subscriptions Whoever: (1) signs the name of a fictitious person to a subscription for, or agreement to take, stock in a corporation existing or proposed; or (2) signs to a subscription or agreement the name of a person, knowing that that person has not means or does not intend in good faith to comply with all the terms thereof, or under an understanding or agreement that the terms of the subscription or agreement are not to be complied with or enforced shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both. § 753. Exhibiting false records to public officer or examining board Whoever, being an officer, agent or clerk of: (1) a corporation; or (2) any persons proposing to organize a corporation or to increase the capital stock of a corporation knowingly exhibits a false, forged or altered book, paper, voucher, security or other instrument of evidence to a public officer or board authorized by law to examine the organization of the corporation, to investigate its affairs or to allow an increase of its capital, with intent to deceive the officer or board with respect thereto, shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than 10 years. § 754. Unauthorized use of name in prospectus or advertisement Whoever, without being authorized so to do, subscribes the name of another person to, or inserts the name of another person in, a prospectus, circular or other advertisement or announcement of a corporation or joint stock association existing or intended to be formed, with intent to permit the document to be published and thereby to lead persons to believe that the person whose name is so subscribed is an officer, agent, member or promoter of the corporation or association, shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both. § 755. Issuance of unauthorized shares Whoever, being a director of a stock corporation, knowingly concurs in a vote or act of the directors of the corporation to issue shares of stock beyond the amount authorized by its articles, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned in jail not more than one year, or both. § 756. Fraudulent dividend or distribution of assets Whoever, being a director of a stock corporation, concurs in a vote or act of the directors of the corporation or any of them, knowingly and with dishonest or fraudulent purpose, to make any dividend or distribution of assets, except in the cases and in the manner allowed by law, either with the design of defrauding creditors or shareholders or of giving a false appearance to the value of the stock and thereby defrauding subscribers or purchasers, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than five years, or both. 88558 - 62 34 § 757. Acceptance of deposits when bank insolvent Whoever, being an officer, agent, or employee of a bank, or an individual banker or agent or employee thereof, receives a deposit, knowing that the bank, association, or banker is insolvent, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than five years, or both. 8 758. Frauds in books, papers or securities Whoever: (1) being a director, officer, or agent of a corporation or joint stock association, knowingly receives or possesses himself of any property of the corporation or association otherwise than in payment of a just demand, and, with intent to defraud, omits to make, or to cause or direct to be made, a full and true entry thereof in the books or accounts of the corporation or association; or (2) being a director, officer, agent, or shareholder of a corporation or joint stock association, with intent to defraud: (A) destroys, alters, mutilates or falsifies any of the books, papers, writings or securities belonging to the corporation or association; or (B) makes, or concurs in making, false entries, or omits, or concurs in omitting, to make a material entry, in a book of accounts or other record or document kept by the corporation or association shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than 10 years, or both. § 759. False reports or statements; refusal to keep books or post notices Whoever, being a director, officer or agent of a corporation or joint stock association, knowingly concurs in making, publishing or posting a written report, exhibit or statement of its affairs or pecuniary condition, or book or notice containing a material statement which is false, or refuses to make an entry in a book or post a notice required by law, other than such as are mentioned in this chapter, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than five years, or both. § 760. Refusal to permit inspection of books by stockholders Whoever, being an officer or agent of a corporation and having or keeping an office within the Canal Zone, has in his custody or control a book, paper or document of the corporation, and refuses, upon lawful demand, during office hours, of a stockholder or member of the corporation to inspect or take a copy of the book, paper or document, to give him a reasonable opportunity to do so, shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both. § 761. Presumption of director's knowledge as to illegality of act Every director of a corporation or joint stock association is deemed to possess such a knowledge of the affairs of the corporation as to enable him to determine whether an act, proceeding or omission of the directors is a violation of this chapter. § 762. Status as foreign corporation as a defense It is not a defense to a prosecution for a violation of this chapter that the corporation was one created by the laws of a State, government or country, if it was one carrying on business or keeping an office therefor within the Canal Zone. Sec. CHAPTER 41-DISORDERLY CONDUCT 791. Drawing or exhibiting deadly weapon. 792. Disturbing the peace; fighting. 793. Disturbing religious or other meetings. 794. Forcibly entering upon or detaining real property. 795. Registration of guests in hotel, boardinghouse, or lodginghouse; penalties. § 791. Drawing or exhibiting deadly weapon Whoever, not in necessary self-defense, in the presence of another person, draws or exhibits a deadly weapon in a rude, angry, or threatening manner, shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both. 8792. Disturbing the peace; fighting Whoever : (1) maliciously and willfully disturbs the peace or quiet of a neighborhood or person by: or (A) loud or unusual noise; (B) tumultuous or offensive conduct; or (C) threatening, traducing, quarreling, challenging to fight, or fighting; (2) upon the public streets or highways, fires a gun or pistol, or, in a loud and boisterous manner, uses vulgar, profane, or indecent language within the presence or hearing of other persons shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both. § 793. Disturbing religious or other meetings Whoever : (1) willfully disturbs or disquiets an assemblage of people met for religious worship or other purpose not unlawful in character, by profane discourse, rude or indecent behavior, or by unnecessary noise, either within the place where the meeting is held or so near as to disturb the order and solemnity of the meeting; or (2) without authority of law, willfully disturbs or breaks up an assembly or meeting not unlawful in its charactershall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both. 8794. Forcibly entering upon or detaining real property Whoever uses, procures, encourages, or assists another person to use force or violence in entering upon or detaining lands or other real property, public or private, except in the cases and in the manner allowed by law, shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both. § 795. Registration of guests in hotel, boardinghouse, or lodginghouse; penalties (a) The proprietor or manager of a hotel, boardinghouse, or lodginghouse shall keep a register of all guests, which shall clearly show the name, nationality and date of arrival of each guest, the place from whence he came, and the date of his departure and destination. (b) Whoever: (1) being the proprietor or manager of a hotel, boardinghouse, or lodginghouse, fails to keep the register required by subsection (a) of this section; or (2) being a guest of a hotel, boardinghouse, or lodginghouse, fails or refuses to give true information for entry in the regis ter shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both. Sec. CHAPTER 43-DUELS AND CHALLENGES 821. Definitions. 822. Fighting duel or sending or accepting challenge. 823. Posting another for not fighting duel. 824. Failure of officers to prevent duels. 825. Leaving Canal Zone with intent to evade laws against dueling. 826. Duty of witnesses to testify; exemption from prosecution. § 821. Definitions As used in this chapter: "challenge" means a word, spoken or written, expressing or implying, or intended to express or imply, a desire, request, invitation, or demand, to fight a duel, or to meet for the purpose of fighting a duel; and "duel" means a combat with deadly weapons, fought between two or more persons by previous agreement or upon a previous quarrel. § 822. Fighting duel or sending or accepting challenge Whoever fights a duel, or sends or accepts a challenge to fight a duel, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than five years, or both. § 823. Posting another for not fighting duel Whoever posts or publishes another person for not fighting a duel or for not sending or accepting a challenge to fight a duel, or uses reproachful or contemptuous language, verbal, written or printed, to or concerning another person, for not sending or accepting a challenge to fight a duel, or with intent to provoke a duel, shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both. § 824. Failure of officers to prevent duels Whoever, being a judge or other officer bound to preserve the public peace, has knowledge of the intention on the part of a person to fight a duel, and does not exert his official authority to arrest him and prevent the duel, shall be fined not more than $1,000. § 825. Leaving Canal Zone with intent to evade laws against dueling Whoever leaves the Canal Zone with intent to evade any of the provisions of this chapter, and to commit an act beyond the jurisdiction of the courts which is prohibited by this chapter, and does an act, although out of the Canal Zone, which would be punishable by the provisions of this chapter if committed within the Canal Zone, is punishable in the same manner as he would have been if the act had been committed within the Canal Zone. § 826. Duty of witnesses to testify; exemption from prosecution A person may not be excused from testifying or answering a question upon an investigation or trial for a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, upon the ground that his testimony might tend to convict him of a crime. But evidence given upon an examination of a person so testifying may not be received against him in any criminal prosecution or proceeding, except in a criminal prosecution for perjury committed when so testifying. Sec. CHAPTER 45-ESCAPE AND RESCUE 851. Prisoners in custody of institution or officer. 852. Permitting prisoners to escape. 853. Assisting prisoners, or persons whose paroles have been revoked, to escape. 854. Carrying into place of confinement or detention things useful in escape. 855. Assisting escape of person legally confined in hospital. 856. Rescuing prisoners. § 851. Prisoners in custody of institution or officer Whoever escapes or attempts to escape from an institution in which he is confined or detained pursuant to lawful process, order, or judgment, or from custody under or by virtue of process issued under the laws of the United States or the Canal Zone by a court, judge, or magistrate, or from the custody of an officer or employee of the United States or the Canal Zone pursuant to lawful arrest, shall: (1) if the confinement, detention, or custody is by virtue of an arrest on a charge of felony, or conviction of an offense, be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than five years, or both; or (2) if the confinement, detention, or custody is for extradition or by virtue of an arrest or charge of, or for, a misdemeanor, and prior to conviction, be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned in jail not more than one year, or both. § 852. Permitting prisoners to escape Whoever, being a keeper of a jail, prison, penitentiary, or other place of detention, assistant jailer, or person employed as a guard or otherwise, fraudulently contrives, procures, aids, connives at or voluntarily permits the escape of a prisoner in custody, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than 10 years, or both. § 853. Assisting prisoners, or persons whose paroles have been revoked, to escape Whoever willfully: (1) assists a prisoner confined in a jail, prison, penitentiary, or other place of detention, or in the lawful custody of an officer or person, to escape, or in an attempt to escape, from the place of confinement or custody; or (2) assists a paroled prisoner whose parole has been revoked to escape, or in an attempt to escape shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than 10 years, or both. 8854. Carrying into place of confinement or detention things useful in escape Whoever carries or sends into a jail, prison, penitentiary, or other place of detention, any thing useful to aid a prisoner in making his escape, with intent thereby to facilitate the escape of a prisoner confined therein, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than 10 years, or both. 855. Assisting escape of person legally confined in hospital Whoever willfully assists a person legally confined in a hospital of the Government of the Canal Zone to escape, or to attempt to escape therefrom or to resist being returned thereto, shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both. 8856. Rescuing prisoners Whoever rescues or attempts to rescue, or aids another person in rescuing or attempting to rescue, a prisoner from a jail, prison, penitentiary, or other place of detention, or from an officer or person having him in lawful custody, shall: |