(a) Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter and chapter 1, any person responsible for an act or omission expressly declared to be a criminal offense by this chapter and chapter 1 of this title commits:

Attorney's Note

Under the Tennessee Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
class C misdemeanorup to 30 daysup to $50
class E felony1 to 6 yearsup to $3,000
For details, see Tenn. Code § 40-35-111

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 45-2-1718

  • Bank: means any person, as hereinafter defined, doing a banking business subject to the laws of this or any other jurisdiction and, for the purposes of supervision, examination and liquidation, includes industrial investment companies and industrial banks authorized by chapter 5 of this title. See Tennessee Code 45-1-103
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Person: means an individual, corporation, firm, trust, estate, partnership, joint venture, or association. See Tennessee Code 45-1-103
(1) A Class C misdemeanor; or
(2) If the act or omission was intended to defraud, a Class E felony.
(b) An officer, director, or employee of a bank is responsible for an act or omission of the institution declared to be a criminal offense against this chapter and chapter 1 of this title whenever, knowing that the act or omission is unlawful, the person participates in authorizing, executing, ratifying or concealing the act, or in authorizing or ratifying the omission or, having a duty to take the required action, omits to do so.
(c) Unless otherwise provided in this chapter and chapter 1 of this title, it is no defense to a criminal prosecution hereunder that the defendant did not know the facts establishing the criminal character of the act or omission charged, if the defendant could and should have known the facts in the proper performance of the defendant’s duty.
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