18-U.S.C.-2111
§2111 – Special Maritime and Territorial Jurisdiction
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Title 18 > Part I > Chapter 103 > Section 2111
Details
- Reference: Section 2111
- Legend: §2111 – Special Maritime and Territorial Jurisdiction
- USCode Year: 2013
Provision Content
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.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 796; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXII, §320903(a)(1), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2124.)
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’.
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