§ 752. Instigating or assisting escape

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. 1948

   Pub. L. 80–645 · 62 Stat. 683

   Enacted · 18 U.S.C. § 752

   June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 735

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 735

2. 1963

   Pub. L. 88–251 § 2 · 77 Stat. 834

   1. Amended · 18 U.S.C. § 752

      Pub. L. 88–251 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a)

   2. Added · 18 U.S.C. § 752

      Pub. L. 88–251 added subsec. (b)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 88–251 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 2. Section 752 of such title is amended by inserting the subsection symbol “(a)” at the beginning thereof, and by adding, immediately following subsection (a) of such section as hereby so designated, a new subsection to read as follows: “(b) Whoever rescues or attempts to rescue or instigates, aids, or assists the escape or attempted escape of any person in the custody of the Attorney General or his authorized representative, or of any person arrested upon a warrant or other process issued under any law of the United States or from any institution in which he is confined by direction of the Attorney General, shall, if the custody or confinement is by virtue of a lawful arrest for a violation of any law of the United States not punishable by death or life imprisonment and committed before such person’s eighteenth birthday, and as to whom the Attorney General has not specifically directed the institution of criminal proceedings, or by virtue of a commitment as a juvenile-delinquent under section 5034 of this title, be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.”

3. 1965

   Pub. L. 89–176 § 3 · 79 Stat. 674

   Inserted · 18 U.S.C. § 752

   Pub. L. 89–176 inserted “or facility” after “institution”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 89–176 inserted “or facility” after “institution”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 3. Sections 751 and 752 of title 18, United States Code, are 62 Stat. 734; 77 Stat. 834. amended by inserting the words “or facility” following the word “institution”.

4. 1988

   Minor and Technical Criminal Law Amendments Act of 1988

   Pub. L. 100–690 title VII § 7055 · 102 Stat. 4181

   Inserted · 18 U.S.C. § 752(a)

   Pub. L. 100–690 inserted “, or for exclusion or expulsion proceedings under the immigration laws,” after “extradition”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100–690 inserted “, or for exclusion or expulsion proceedings under the immigration laws,” after “extradition”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 7055. PROVISION OF MISDEMEANOR PENALTY FOR CERTAIN ESCAPES. Sections 751(a) and 752(a) of title 18, United States Code, are amended by inserting “, or for exclusion or expulsion proceedings under the immigration laws,” after “extradition”.

5. 1994

   Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994

   Pub. L. 103–322 title XXXIII § 330016(1)(H) · 108 Stat. 1796

   Substituted · 18 U.S.C. § 752(a); 18 U.S.C. § 752(b)

   Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $1,000”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $1,000”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (H) in sections 81, 210, 211, 215, 217, 242, 245, 291, 292, 439, 442, 480, 483, 484, 490, 491, 494, 495, 503, 507, 510, 594, 595, 596, 597, 598, 599, 604, 605, 641, 643, 645, 646, 647, 648, 649, 650, 651, 652, 653, 654, 655, 656, 657, 658, 659, 661, 662, 665, 712, 751, 752, 756, 795, 796, 797, 836, 844, 871, 875, 876, 877, 879, 911, 912, 913, 924, 957, 959, 961, 1003, 1012, 1021, 1025, 1026, 1071, 1112, 1163, 1262, 1263, 1264, 1301, 1302, 1304, 1306, 1341, 1342, 1343, 1361, 1363, 1384, 1504, 1508, 1509, 1657, 1705, 1706, 1707, 1711, 1715, 1716, 1733, 1738, 1761, 1762, 2276, 2277, 2278, 2382, and 2389 by striking “not more than $1,000” each place it appears and inserting “under this title”;

6. 2002

   Criminal Law Technical Amendments Act of 2002

   Pub. L. 107–273 div. B title IV § 4002(d)(1)(D) · 116 Stat. 1758

   Substituted · 18 U.S.C. § 752(a)

   Pub. L. 107–273 substituted “or conviction of any offense, be fined under this title” for “or conviction of any offense, be fined not more than $5,000”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107–273 substituted “or conviction of any offense, be fined under this title” for “or conviction of any offense, be fined not more than $5,000”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (D) In section 372 and 752.— Sections 372 and 752(a) of title 18, United States Code, are each amended by striking “not more than $5,000” and inserting “under this title”.

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