§ 3290. Fugitives from justice

Statutory text

No statute of limitations shall extend to any person fleeing from justice.

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.

1948
Pub. L. 80–645 · 62 Stat. 683
Enacted · 18 U.S.C. § 3290
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 829.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 829.)

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Notes

Historical and Revision Notes

Based on Title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 583 (R.S. § 1045).

Said section 583 was rephrased and made applicable to all statutes of limitation and is merely declaratory of the generally accepted rule of law.

Credits

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 829.)