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.
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. 735Violent 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”;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
- 1948June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 735
- 1994Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(H), , 108 Stat. 2147
- 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.)