2015 US Code
Title 18 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure (Sections 1 - 6005)
Part I - Crimes (Sections 1 - 2725)
Chapter 87 - Prisons (Sections 1791 - 1793)
Sec. 1792 - Mutiny and riot prohibited
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, 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 87 - PRISONS Sec. 1792 - Mutiny and riot prohibited |
| Contains | section 1792 |
| Date | 2015 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
| Positive Law | Yes |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 786; Pub. L. 98-473, title II, §1109(b), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2148; Pub. L. 99-646, §53(a), Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3607; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, §330016(1)(O), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2148. |
| Statutes at Large References | 48 Stat. 782 62 Stat. 786 98 Stat. 2148 100 Stat. 3607 108 Stat. 2148 |
| Public and Private Laws | Public Law 98-473, Public Law 99-646, Public Law 103-322 |
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Whoever instigates, connives, willfully attempts to cause, assists, or conspires to cause any mutiny or riot, at any Federal penal, detention, or correctional facility, shall be imprisoned not more than ten years or fined under this title, or both.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 786; Pub. L. 98–473, title II, §1109(b), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2148; Pub. L. 99–646, §53(a), Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3607; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, §330016(1)(O), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2148.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTESBased on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §252 (May 18, 1934, ch. 303, §1, 48 Stat. 782).
Escape provisions of this section were incorporated in section 752 of this title.
Reference to persons causing, procuring, aiding and assisting was omitted. Such persons are principals under section 2 of this title.
Minor changes were made in translation and phraseology.
AMENDMENTS1994—Pub. L. 103–322 substituted "fined under this title" for "fined not more than $25,000".
1986—Pub. L. 99–646 inserted ", detention," after "penal".
1984—Pub. L. 98–473 substituted provisions deleting prohibition on bringing dangerous instrumentalities into prison and inserted provision setting forth a maximum $25,000 fine.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1986 AMENDMENTPub. L. 99–646, §53(b), Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3607, provided that: "The amendment made by this section [amending this section] shall take effect 30 days after the enactment of this Act [Nov. 10, 1986]."
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