Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 18 : Section 13
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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 13 - Notes
SOURCE
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 686; Pub. L. 100-690, title VI,
Sec. 6477(a), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4381; Pub. L. 103-322, title
X, Sec. 100002, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1996; Pub. L. 104-132,
title IX, Sec. 901(b), Apr. 24, 1996, 110 Stat. 1317; Pub. L.
104-294, title VI, Sec. 604(b)(32), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3508.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 468 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch.
321, Sec. 289, 35 Stat. 1145; June 15, 1933, ch. 85, 48 Stat. 152;
June 20, 1935, ch. 284, 49 Stat. 394; June 6, 1940, ch. 241, 54
Stat. 234).
Act March 4, 1909, Sec. 289 used the words "now in force" when
referring to the laws of any State, organized Territory or
district, to be considered in force.
As amended on June 15, 1933, the words "by the laws thereof in
force on June 1, 1933, and remaining in force at the time of the
doing or omitting the doing of such act or thing, would be penal,"
were used.
The amendment of June 20, 1935, extended the date to "April 1,
1935," and the amendment of June 6, 1940, extended the date to
"February 1, 1940".
The revised section omits the specification of any date as
unnecessary in a revision, which speaks from the date of its
enactment. Such omission will not only make effective within
Federal reservations, the local State laws in force on the date of
the enactment of the revision, but will authorize the Federal
courts to apply the same measuring stick to such offenses as is
applied in the adjoining State under future changes of the State
law and will make unnecessary periodic pro forma amendments of this
section to keep abreast of changes of local laws. In other words,
the revised section makes applicable to offenses committed on such
reservations, the law of the place that would govern if the
reservation had not been ceded to the United States.
The word "Possession" was inserted to clarify scope of section.
Minor changes were made in phraseology.
TERRITORIAL SEA OF UNITED STATES
For extension of territorial sea of United States, see Proc. No.
5928, set out as a note under section 1331 of Title 43, Public
Lands.
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 3013, 3551 of this title.
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