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Tenn. Code Ann. § 45-3-1313

Criminal sanctions for violations

Known as the Tennessee Savings and Loan Act

The act spans §§ 45-3-1001 to 45-3-901 (137 sections).

Acts 1978, ch. 708, § 5.17; T.C.A., § 45-1717; Acts 1989, ch. 591, §§ 39, 113.

(1) Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, any person responsible for an act or omission expressly declared to be a criminal offense by any provision of this chapter commits: A Class C misdemeanor; or

(2) If the act or omission was intended to defraud, a Class E felony.

(3) Any director, officer, agent, or employee of an association is deemed responsible for an act or omission of the association declared by this chapter to be a criminal offense whenever, knowing that the act or omission is unlawful, the director, officer, agent or employee participates in authorizing, executing, ratifying or concealing the act or omission.

(4) Unless otherwise provided by this chapter, it is no defense to a criminal prosecution under this chapter that the defendant did not know the facts establishing the criminal character of the act or omission charged if the defendant reasonably could and should have known the facts in the proper performance of the defendant's duties.

Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.