§ 4083. Penitentiary imprisonment; consent

Statutory text

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.

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. § 4083
June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 850
Source evidence
Code source credit
June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 850
1959
Pub. L. 86–256 · 73 Stat. 518
Substituted · 18 U.S.C. § 4083
Pub. L. 86–256 substituted “punishable by imprisonment for” for “and sentenced to terms of imprisonment of” in first sentence
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 86–256 substituted “punishable by imprisonment for” for “and sentenced to terms of imprisonment of” in first sentence.

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

Notes

Historical and Revision Notes

Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §§ 753f, 762 (Mar. 2, 1895, ch. 189, § 1, 28 Stat. 957; June 10, 1896, ch. 400, § 1, 29 Stat. 380; May 14, 1930, ch. 274, § 7, 46 Stat. 326; June 14, 1941, ch. 204, 55 Stat. 252; Oct. 21, 1941, ch. 453, 55 Stat. 743).

Said section 762 was condensed and simplified and extended to all penitentiaries instead of to Leavenworth only, since the section is merely declaratory of existing law. (See section 1 of this title classifying offenses and notes thereunder.)

The second paragraph is derived from said section 753f of title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed.

Minor changes of phraseology were made.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1959—Pub. L. 86–256 substituted “punishable by imprisonment for” for “and sentenced to terms of imprisonment of” in first sentence.

Credits

1948–1959 · 2 acts

1948June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 850
1959Pub. L. 86–256, Sept. 14, 1959, 73 Stat. 518.

Show as published

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 850; Pub. L. 86–256, Sept. 14, 1959, 73 Stat. 518.)