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Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure

Part I · Chapter 35 — Escape and Rescue

§ 756. Internee of belligerent nation

Statutory text

Whoever, within the jurisdiction of the United States, aids or entices any person belonging to the armed forces of a belligerent nation or faction who is interned in the United States in accordance with the law of nations, to escape or attempt to escape from the jurisdiction of the United States or from the limits of internment prescribed, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

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. § 756

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

    Source evidence

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

  2. 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. § 756

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

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    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”;

  3. Pub. L. 104–132 title VII § 705(a)(3) · 110 Stat. 1214

    Substituted · 18 U.S.C. § 756

    Pub. L. 104–132 substituted “five years” for “one year”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 104–132 substituted “five years” for “one year”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (3) in section 756, by striking “one year” and inserting “five years”;

2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Notes

Historical and Revision Notes

Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 37 (June 15, 1917, ch. 30, title V, § 7, 40 Stat. 223).

Section was divided. Remaining provisions relating to arrest appear in section 3058 of this title.

Minor changes in phraseology were made.

Editorial Notes

Amendments1994–1996 · 2 rounds

1996

Pub. L. 104–132 substituted “five years” for “one year”.

1994

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

Credits

1948–1996 · 3 acts
  1. 1948June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 735
  2. 1994Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(H), , 108 Stat. 2147
  3. 1996Pub. L. 104–132, title VII, § 705(a)(3), , 110 Stat. 1295.
Show as published

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 735; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(H), , 108 Stat. 2147; Pub. L. 104–132, title VII, § 705(a)(3), , 110 Stat. 1295.)

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