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Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure

Part II · Chapter 203 — Arrest and Commitment

§ 3048. Commitment to another district; removal—(Rule)

Statutory text

See Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure Arrest in nearby or distant districts; informative statement by judge or magistrate judge; hearing and removal; warrant; Rule 40.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 80–645 · 62 Stat. 683

    Enacted · 18 U.S.C. § 3048

    June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 817

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 817

  2. Federal Magistrates Act

    Pub. L. 90–578 title III § 301(a)(3) · 82 Stat. 1107

    Substituted · 18 U.S.C. § 3048

    Pub. L. 90–578 substituted “magistrate” for “commissioner”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 90–578 substituted “magistrate” for “commissioner”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (3) striking out the word “commissioner” wherever it appears in relation to a United States Commissioner, and inserting in lieu thereof the word “magistrate”;

1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1968—Pub. L. 90–578 substituted “magistrate” for “commissioner”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

Words “magistrate judge” substituted for “magistrate” in text pursuant to section 321 of Pub. L. 101–650, set out as a note under section 631 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.

Credits

1948–1990 · 3 acts
  1. 1948June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 817
  2. 1968Pub. L. 90–578, title III, § 301(a)(3), , 82 Stat. 1115
  3. 1990Pub. L. 101–650, title III, § 321, , 104 Stat. 5117.
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(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 817; Pub. L. 90–578, title III, § 301(a)(3), , 82 Stat. 1115; Pub. L. 101–650, title III, § 321, , 104 Stat. 5117.)

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