18-U.S.C.-1991
§1991 – Entering Train to Commit Crime
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Title 18 > Part I > Chapter 97 > Section 1991
Details
- Reference: Section 1991
- Legend: §1991 – Entering Train to Commit Crime
- USCode Year: 2013
Provision Content
Whoever, in any Territory or District, or within or upon any place within the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States, willfully and maliciously trespasses upon or enters upon any railroad train, railroad car, or railroad locomotive, with the intent to commit murder or robbery, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.
Whoever, within such jurisdiction, willfully and maliciously trespasses upon or enters upon any railroad train, railroad car, or railroad locomotive, with intent to commit any unlawful violence upon or against any passenger on said train, or car, or upon or against any engineer, conductor, fireman, brakeman, or any officer or employee connected with said locomotive, train, or car, or upon or against any express messenger or mail agent on said train or in any car thereof, or to commit any crime or offense against any person or property thereon, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
Upon the trial of any person charged with any offense set forth in this section, it shall not be necessary to set forth or prove the particular person against whom it was intended to commit the offense, or that it was intended to commit such offense against any particular person.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 794; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, §330016(1)(K), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147; Pub. L. 104–294, title VI, §601(a)(8), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3498.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §522 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, §322, 35 Stat. 1150).
After the word Whoever the following was inserted: in any Territory or District, or within or upon any place within the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States as based upon the express provisions of title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §511, wherein this section is made applicable only in any Territory or District, or within or upon any place within the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States.
Words whoever shall counsel, aid, abet, or assist in the perpetration of any of the offenses set forth in this section shall be deemed to be a principal therein were omitted as unnecessary. Such persons are made principals by section 2 of this title.
Minor changes also were made in phraseology.
Amendments
1996—Pub. L. 104–294 substituted fined under this title for fined not more than $1,000 in second par.
1994—Pub. L. 103–322 substituted fined under this title for fined not more than $5,000 in first par.
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