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[CITE: 18USC757]

 
                 TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                             PART I--CRIMES
 
                      CHAPTER 35--ESCAPE AND RESCUE
 
Sec. 757. Prisoners of war or enemy aliens

    Whoever procures the escape of any prisoner of war held by the 
United States or any of its allies, or the escape of any person 
apprehended or interned as an enemy alien by the United States or any of 
its allies, or advises, connives at, aids, or assists in such escape, or 
aids, relieves, transports, harbors, conceals, shelters, protects, holds 
correspondence with, gives intelligence to, or otherwise assists any 
such prisoner of war or enemy alien, after his escape from custody, 
knowing him to be such prisoner of war or enemy alien, or attempts to 
commit or conspires to commit any of the above acts, shall be fined 
under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.
    The provisions of this section shall be in addition to and not in 
substitution for any other provision of law.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 735; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, 
Sec. 330016(1)(L), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 97b (Apr. 30, 1945, ch. 
103, 59 Stat. 101).
    The second sentence of section 97b of title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., 
was made a separate paragraph.


                               Amendments

    1994--Pub. L. 103-322 substituted ``fined under this title'' for 
``fined not more than $10,000'' in first par.