2016 US Code
Title 18 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Part I - Crimes
Chapter 115 - Treason, Sedition, and Subversive Activities
Sec. 2384 - Seditious conspiracy
| 18 U.S.C. § 2384 (2016) |
| §2384. Seditious conspiracy |
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If two or more persons in any State or Territory, or in any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, conspire to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the Government of the United States, or to levy war against them, or to oppose by force the authority thereof, or by force to prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any law of the United States, or by force to seize, take, or possess any property of the United States contrary to the authority thereof, they shall each be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both. |
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(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 808; July 24, 1956, ch. 678, §1, 70 Stat. 623; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, §330016(1)(N), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2148.) |
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HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §6 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, §6, 35 Stat. 1089). AMENDMENTS1994—Pub. L. 103–322 substituted "fined under this title" for "fined not more than $20,000". 1956—Act July 24, 1956, substituted "$20,000" for "$5,000", and "twenty years" for "six years". EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1956 AMENDMENTAct July 24, 1956, ch. 678, §3, 70 Stat. 624, provided that: "The foregoing amendments [amending this section and section 2385 of this title] shall apply only with respect to offenses committed on and after the date of the enactment of this Act [July 24, 1956]." |
| United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE |
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| Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 115 - TREASON, SEDITION, AND SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES Sec. 2384 - Seditious conspiracy |
| section 2384 |
| 2016 |
| January 6, 2017 |
| Yes |
| standard |
| 35 Stat. 1089 62 Stat. 808 70 Stat. 623, 624 108 Stat. 2148 |
| Public Law 103-322 |
