1996 US Code
Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I - CRIMES
CHAPTER 45 - FOREIGN RELATIONS
Sec. 952 - Diplomatic codes and correspondence
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 1994 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 45 - FOREIGN RELATIONS Sec. 952 - Diplomatic codes and correspondence |
| Contains | section 952 |
| Date | 1996 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 6, 1997 |
| Positive Law | Yes |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 743; Sept. 13, 1994, Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, §330016(1)(L), 108 Stat. 2147. |
| Statutes at Large References | 48 Stat. 122 62 Stat. 743 108 Stat. 2147 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 103-322 |
§952. Diplomatic codes and correspondence
Whoever, by virtue of his employment by the United States, obtains from another or has or has had custody of or access to, any official diplomatic code or any matter prepared in any such code, or which purports to have been prepared in any such code, and without authorization or competent authority, willfully publishes or furnishes to another any such code or matter, or any matter which was obtained while in the process of transmission between any foreign government and its diplomatic mission in the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 743; Sept. 13, 1994, Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, §330016(1)(L), 108 Stat. 2147.)
Historical and Revision NotesBased on section 135 of title 22, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Foreign Relations and Intercourse (June 10, 1933, ch. 57, 48 Stat. 122).
Minor changes of phraseology were made.
Amendments1994—Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than ,000”.
Cross ReferencesClassified information, disclosure by Government official, penalty for, see section 783 of Title 50, War and National Defense.
Classified information, disclosure of, see section 798 of this title.
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