Volume 73
Public Law 86–256
To amend section 4083, title 18, United States Code, relating to penitentiary imprisonment.
Approved September 14, 1959
Statutory text
AN ACT
To amend section 4083, title 18, United States Code, relating to penitentiary imprisonment.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That section 4083, title 18, United States Code, relating to penitentiary imprisonment, is
amended to read as follows:
Ҥ 4083. Penitentiary imprisonment; consent
“Persons convicted of offenses against the United States or by courts-martial punishable by imprisonment for more than one year may be confined in any United States penitentiary.
“A sentence for an offense punishable by imprisonment for one year or less shall not be served in a penitentiary without the consent of the defendant.”
Approved September 14, 1959.