1996 US Code
Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART III - PRISONS AND PRISONERS
CHAPTER 305 - COMMITMENT AND TRANSFER
Sec. 4083 - Penitentiary imprisonment; consent
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 III - PRISONS AND PRISONERS CHAPTER 305 - COMMITMENT AND TRANSFER Sec. 4083 - Penitentiary imprisonment; consent |
| Contains | section 4083 |
| 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. 850; Sept. 14, 1959, Pub. L. 86-256, 73 Stat. 518. |
| Statutes at Large References | 28 Stat. 957 29 Stat. 380 46 Stat. 326 55 Stat. 252, 743 62 Stat. 850 73 Stat. 518 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 86-256 |
§4083. Penitentiary imprisonment; consent
Persons convicted of offenses against the United States or by courts-martial punishable by imprisonment for more than one year may be confined in any United States penitentiary.
A sentence for an offense punishable by imprisonment for one year or less shall not be served in a penitentiary without the consent of the defendant.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 850; Sept. 14, 1959, Pub. L. 86–256, 73 Stat. 518.)
Historical and Revision NotesBased on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §§753f, 762 (Mar. 2, 1895, ch. 189, §1, 28 Stat. 957; June 10, 1896, ch. 400, §1, 29 Stat. 380; May 14, 1930, ch. 274, §7, 46 Stat. 326; June 14, 1941, ch. 204, 55 Stat. 252; Oct. 21, 1941, ch. 453, 55 Stat. 743).
Said section 762 was condensed and simplified and extended to all penitentiaries instead of to Leavenworth only, since the section is merely declaratory of existing law. (See section 1 of this title classifying offenses and notes thereunder.)
The second paragraph is derived from said section 753f of title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed.
Minor changes of phraseology were made.
Amendments1959—Pub. L. 86–256 substituted “punishable by imprisonment for” for “and sentenced to terms of imprisonment of” in first sentence.
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