1994 US Code
Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
TITLE 50 - APPENDIX-WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
TRADING WITH THE ENEMY ACT OF 1917
Sec. 18 - Jurisdiction of courts of Philippines and Canal Zone of offenses
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 1994 Edition, Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE TITLE 50 - APPENDIX-WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE TRADING WITH THE ENEMY ACT OF 1917 ACT OCT. 6, 1917, CH. 106, 40 STAT. 411 Sec. 18 - Jurisdiction of courts of Philippines and Canal Zone of offenses |
| Contains | section 18 |
| Date | 1994 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 4, 1995 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Oct. 6, 1917, ch. 106, §18, 40 Stat. 425. |
| Statutes at Large References | 40 Stat. 411, 425 60 Stat. 1352 62 Stat. 862 |
§18. Jurisdiction of courts of Philippines and Canal Zone of offenses
The several courts of first instance in the Philippine Islands and the district court of the Canal Zone shall have jurisdiction of offenses under this Act [sections 1 to 6, 7 to 39, and 41 to 44 of this Appendix] committed within their respective districts, and concurrent jurisdiction with the district courts of the United States of offenses under this Act [said sections] committed upon the high seas and of conspiracies to commit such offenses as defined by section thirty-seven of the Act entitled “An Act to codify, revise, and amend the penal laws of the United States,” approved March fourth, nineteen hundred and nine, and the provisions of such section for the purpose of this Act [said sections] are extended to the Philippine Islands and to the Canal Zone.
(Oct. 6, 1917, ch. 106, §18, 40 Stat. 425.)
References in TextSection thirty-seven of the Act entitled “An Act to codify, revise, and amend the penal laws of the United States,” approved March fourth, nineteen hundred and nine, referred to in text, enacted section 88 of former Title 18, Criminal Code and Criminal Procedure, and was repealed by act June 25, 1948, ch. 645, §21, 62 Stat. 862, and reenacted as section 371 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure.
Termination of United States District Court for the District of the Canal ZoneFor termination of the United States District Court for the District of the Canal Zone at end of the “transition period”, being the 30-month period beginning Oct. 1, 1979, and ending midnight Mar. 31, 1982, see Paragraph 5 of Article XI of the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977 and sections 3831 and 3841 to 3843 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.
Philippine IndependenceProc. No. 2695, eff. July 4, 1946, 11 F.R. 7517, 60 Stat. 1352, issued pursuant to section 1394 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse, recognized the independence of the Philippine Islands as of July 4, 1946, and is set out under that section.
Cross ReferencesJurisdiction of courts of Philippine Islands continued, see section 1382 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in title 28 section 2680.
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