2018 US Code
Title 18 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Part I - Crimes
Chapter 103 - Robbery and Burglary
Sec. 2111 - Special maritime and territorial jurisdiction

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Citation 18 U.S.C. § 2111 (2018)
Section Name §2111. Special maritime and territorial jurisdiction
Section Text

Whoever, within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, by force and violence, or by intimidation, takes or attempts to take from the person or presence of another anything of value, shall be imprisoned not more than fifteen years.

Source Credit

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 796; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXII, §320903(a)(1), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2124.)

Editorial Notes HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES

Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §463 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, §284, 35 Stat. 1144).

Words "within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States" were added to restrict the place of the offense to those places described in section 451 of title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., now section 7 of this title.

Minor changes were made in phraseology.

AMENDMENTS

1994—Pub. L. 103–322 inserted "or attempts to take" after "takes".

SHORT TITLE OF 1996 AMENDMENT

Pub. L. 104–217, §1, Oct. 1, 1996, 110 Stat. 3020, provided that: "This Act [amending section 2119 of this title] may be cited as the 'Carjacking Correction Act of 1996'."

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, 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 103 - ROBBERY AND BURGLARY
Sec. 2111 - Special maritime and territorial jurisdiction
Contains section 2111
Date 2018
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 14, 2019
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Short Titles 'Carjacking Correction Act of 1996'."
Statutes at Large References 35 Stat. 1144
62 Stat. 796
108 Stat. 2124
110 Stat. 3020
Public Law References Public Law 103-322, Public Law 104-217
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