Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 18 : Section 1386


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 1386. Keys and keyways used in security applications by the Department of Defense

      (a)(1) Whoever steals, purloins, embezzles, or obtains by false
    pretense any lock or key to any lock, knowing that such lock or key
    has been adopted by any part of the Department of Defense,
    including all Department of Defense agencies, military departments,
    and agencies thereof, for use in protecting conventional arms,
    ammunition or explosives, special weapons, and classified
    information or classified equipment shall be punished as provided
    in subsection (b).
      (2) Whoever - 
        (A) knowingly and unlawfully makes, forges, or counterfeits any
      key, knowing that such key has been adopted by any part of the
      Department of Defense, including all Department of Defense
      agencies, military departments, and agencies thereof, for use in
      protecting conventional arms, ammunition or explosives, special
      weapons, and classified information or classified equipment; or
        (B) knowing that any lock or key has been adopted by any part
      of the Department of Defense, including all Department of Defense
      agencies, military departments, and agencies thereof, for use in
      protecting conventional arms, ammunition or explosives, special
      weapons, and classified information or classified equipment,
      possesses any such lock or key with the intent to unlawfully or
      improperly use, sell, or otherwise dispose of such lock or key or
      cause the same to be unlawfully or improperly used, sold, or
      otherwise disposed of,

    shall be punished as provided in subsection (b).
      (3) Whoever, being engaged as a contractor or otherwise in the
    manufacture of any lock or key knowing that such lock or key has
    been adopted by any part of the Department of Defense, including
    all Department of Defense agencies, military departments, and
    agencies thereof, for use in protecting conventional arms,
    ammunition or explosives, special weapons, and classified
    information or classified equipment, delivers any such finished or
    unfinished lock or any such key to any person not duly authorized
    by the Secretary of Defense or his designated representative to
    receive the same, unless the person receiving it is the contractor
    for furnishing the same or engaged in the manufacture thereof in
    the manner authorized by the contract, or the agent of such
    manufacturer, shall be punished as provided in subsection (b).
      (b) Whoever commits an offense under subsection (a) shall be
    fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 10 years, or
    both.
      (c) As used in this section, the term "key" means any key,
    keyblank, or keyway adopted by any part of the Department of
    Defense, including all Department of Defense agencies, military
    departments, and agencies thereof, for use in protecting
    conventional arms, ammunition or explosives, special weapons, and
    classified information or classified equipment.



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