Accounts of foreign branches; profit and loss

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Title 12—BANKS AND BANKING > CHAPTER 6—FOREIGN BANKING > SUBCHAPTER I—ESTABLISHMENT BY NATIONAL BANKS OF FOREIGN BRANCHES AND INVESTMENTS IN BANKS DOING FOREIGN BUSINESS

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Every national banking association operating foreign branches shall conduct the accounts of each foreign branch independently of the accounts of other foreign branches established by it and of its home office, and shall at the end of each fiscal period transfer to its general ledger the profit or loss accrued at each branch as a separate item.

( Dec. 23, 1913, ch. 6, § 25 (par.), 38 Stat. 273 ; Sept. 7, 1916, ch. 461 , 39 Stat. 756 .)

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Accounts of foreign branches; profit and loss · 12 U.S.C. § 604 | Frix