2013 US Code
Title 18 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Part I - CRIMES (§§ 1 - 2725)
Chapter 7 - ASSAULT (§§ 111 - 119)
Section 114 - Maiming within maritime and territorial jurisdiction
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, 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 7 - ASSAULT Sec. 114 - Maiming within maritime and territorial jurisdiction |
| Contains | section 114 |
| Date | 2013 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
| Positive Law | Yes |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 689; May 24, 1949, ch. 139, §3, 63 Stat. 90; Pub. L. 98-473, title II, §1009A, Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2141; Pub. L. 101-647, title XXXV, §3507, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4922; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, §330016(1)(O), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2148; Pub. L. 104-132, title VII, §705(a)(1), Apr. 24, 1996, 110 Stat. 1295. |
| Statutes at Large References | 35 Stat. 1144 62 Stat. 689 63 Stat. 90 98 Stat. 2141 104 Stat. 4922 108 Stat. 2148 110 Stat. 1295 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 98-473, Public Law 101-647, Public Law 103-322, Public Law 104-132 |
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Whoever, within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, and with intent to torture (as defined in section 2340), maim, or disfigure, cuts, bites, or slits the nose, ear, or lip, or cuts out or disables the tongue, or puts out or destroys an eye, or cuts off or disables a limb or any member of another person; or
Whoever, within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, and with like intent, throws or pours upon another person, any scalding water, corrosive acid, or caustic substance—
Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 689; May 24, 1949, ch. 139, §3, 63 Stat. 90; Pub. L. 98–473, title II, §1009A, Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2141; Pub. L. 101–647, title XXXV, §3507, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4922; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, §330016(1)(O), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2148; Pub. L. 104–132, title VII, §705(a)(1), Apr. 24, 1996, 110 Stat. 1295.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES 1948 ACTBased on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §462 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, §283, 35 Stat. 1144).
The words "within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, and" were added to preserve jurisdictional limitation provided for by section 451 of title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., now section 7 of this title. (See reviser's note thereunder.)
Changes in phraseology were made.
1949 ACTThis section [section 3] corrects a typographical error in section 114 of title 18, U.S.C.
AMENDMENTS1996—Pub. L. 104–132 substituted "torture (as defined in section 2340), maim, or disfigure" for "maim or disfigure".
1994—Pub. L. 103–322 substituted "fined under this title" for "fined not more than $25,000".
1990—Pub. L. 101–647 substituted "or imprisoned" for "and imprisoned".
1984—Pub. L. 98–473 substituted "and imprisoned" for "or imprisoned" and provisions raising maximum fine from $1,000 to $25,000 and raising maximum term of imprisonment from seven years to twenty years.
1949—Act May 24, 1949, corrected spelling of "maim".
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