Section 132. Use of sign, or words, indicating bank or trust company by unauthorized persons prohibited  


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  • No person, except a national  bank,  a  federal  reserve  bank,  or  a
      corporation  duly  authorized by the superintendent to transact business
      in this state, shall make use of any office sign at the place where such
      business is transacted having thereon any artificial or corporate  name,
      or  other  words  indicating  that  such place or office is the place of
      business or office of a bank or trust company; nor shall any such person
      or persons make use of or circulate any  letterheads,  billheads,  blank
      forms,  notes,  receipts,  certificates,  circulars,  or  any written or
      printed or partly written and  partly  printed  paper  whatever,  having
      thereon  any  artificial  or  corporate  name,  or  other word or words,
      indicating that such business  is  the  business  of  a  bank  or  trust
      company; provided, however, that nothing in this section shall be deemed
      to  prevent  a  bank holding company from using any corporate name it is
      duly authorized to use under subdivision (b) of  section  three  hundred
      two of the business corporation law.