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TITLE 18

Notes on TITLE 18

THIS TITLE WAS ENACTED BY ACT JUNE 25, 1948, CH. 645, SEC. 1, 62 STAT. 683

Part Sec. I. Crimes 1 II. Criminal Procedure 3001 III. Prisons and Prisoners 4001 IV. Correction of Youthful Offenders 5001 V. Immunity of Witnesses 6001

AMENDMENTS

1970 - Pub. L. 91-452, title II, Sec. 201(b), Oct. 15, 1970, 84 Stat. 928, added Part V.

Table Showing Disposition of All Sections of Former Title 18
Title 18 Former SectionsTitle 18 New Sections
1, 22381
32382
42383
5953
62384
7 2389
82390
92387
102385
112385, 2387
12Rep. See Cr. Proc. R. 41(c).
132385, 2387
14-172386
21958
22959
23962
24961
25960
26T. 22 Sec. 461
27T. 22 Sec. 462
28T. 22 Sec. 463
29T. 22 Sec. 464
30959
31967
32963
33964
34965
35966
36963, 964, 965, 966, 967
37756, 3058
38T. 22 Sec. 465
395, 3241
51241
52242
53Rep.
53a2236
54372
55592
56-58593
59592, 593
61594
61a595
61b600
61c601
61d604
61e605
61f598
61g594, 595, 598, 600, 601, 604, 605
61hT. 5 Sec. 118i (See Rev. T. 5 Table)
61iT. 5 Sec. 118j (See Rev. T. 5 Table)
61j, 61kRep.
61lT. 5 Sec. 118k (See Rev. T. 5 Table)
61m608
61m-1611
61n595
61oT. 5 Sec. 118l (See Rev. T. 5 Table)
61pT. 5 Sec. 118m (See Rev. T. 5 Table)
61qRep.
61rT. 5 Sec. 118n (See Rev. T. 5 Table)
61s595
61t610
61u595
61v-61xElim.
62-62b612
71497
72494
73495
741002
751016
76912
76a, 76b701
76c707, 916
76d707
76e705
77Rep.
77a913
78914
791003
80287, 1001
81289
82641, 1361
83286
841022
851023
861024
87641
88 371
89871
90T. 34 Sec. 1167 (See Rev. T. 34 Table)
91201
92285
93434
941381
951232
962152
971382
97a1383
97b757
9811, 957
992112
100641
101641, 3435
102Rep.
1031852
103a, 103b1851
1041853
1051854
1061855
1071856
107a1863
1083613
1091862
1101857
1111858
1121859
1131860
1141861
115T. 25 Sec. 202
1161362
1172074
118111
119496
120551
1212231, 2232, 2233
122T. 19 Sec. 70
123912
124211
125543
126541
1271019
1282233
129507
130 1017
131506
132499
1335
134, 135Rep.
136498
137-143Rep.
1442194
14541
146508
147509
1483056
149210
150211
151210, 211
171872
172652
173 653
174650
175648
176643
177, 178649
178a371
1793497
1803487
1816514
182641
183654
184435
185646
186645
187647
1882075
1892073
190, 191Rep.
1921901
193291
1941091
1951018
1961912
198, 198a283
199205
200 204
2011913
202216
203281
204431
205432
206433
207202
208602
209603
210606
211607
212602, 603, 606, 607
213T. 5 Sec. 118o (See Rev. T. 5 Table)
2141902
2152072
2161905
2311621
2321622
2331506
234, 2352071
236505
237 206
238207
239208
240210
2411503
241a1505
242Rep.
2431504
244755
245 1501
246752, 1071
247752
248753
249754
250873
2514
252752, 1792
2531114, 2231
254111, 2231
2618
262471
263Rep.
264474
265472
266476
267477
268473
269642
270478
271479
272482
273483
274480
275481
276484
277485
278490
279331
280332
281486
282, 282a491
283487
284488
285489
286492
287Rep. See Cr. Proc. R. 41(a), (b), (f).
28811
289335
290Rep.
291333
292475
293336
294371
30112
3021729
3031693
3041696
3051697
3061696
3071694
3081695
3091696
3101730
3111731
3121706
3131707
3141704
3152115
3162116
3171702, 1708
3181703, 1709
3191703, 1710
320 2114
3211705, 1708
321a1725
3221700
3231698
324, 3251701
3261724
3271699
3281720
3291712
3301726
3311721
3321727
3331713
3341461
3351463, 1718
3361302
3371303
3381341
338a876, 3239
338b877, 3239
338c1714
338dRep.
3391342
3401716
341, 342Rep.
343-3451717
3465, 1717
347500
348501
34911, 502
349a503
350504
3511723
3521732
3531722
354288
3551711, 3497
356440
3571719
3581728
3591692
36012
3611715
3815, 1364
382831, 832
383835
384833
385832, 833, 834, 835
386832, 833, 834, 835
3871301
3881264
389 1265
3901263
39142
39243
39344
393a43, 44, 3054, 3112
39442, 43, 44
395T. 16 Sec. 667e
3961462
396a, 396b1761
396c-396e1762
397, 398 2421
3992422
4002423
4012421
402(1)T. 8 Sec. 1557
402(2), (3)2424
403Rep.
4042421
405-407Rep.
407a1231
40810, 2311, 2312, 2313
408a1201
408b10
408c1201
408c-11202
408d 875, 3239
408e1073
409659, 660, 2117
410, 411659
412660
412a1992
413Rep.
414(a)10
414(b), (c)2311
4152314
4162315
4172311
418, 418a, 419Rep.
419a(a)2311
419a(b)10
419b2316
419c2317
419dRep.
420T. 4 Sec. 112
420a to 420e-11951
420f-420h1821
421, 4221585
4231584
4241582
4251585
4261587
4271586
4281588
429-442T. 46 Sec. 1351-1364 (See Rev. T. 46 Table)
4431583
444, 4451581
4461584
4517
4521111
4531112
4541111, 1112
455113
4561113
4572031
4582032
459 2198
4602198, 3286, 3614
4611115
462114
4632111
46481, 1363
46581, 1363
466661
467662, 3435
467a 1025
46813
469-4742199
4811651
482 2191
4832192
4842193
4851655
4862195
4872271
4881658
4891659
4902276
4912272
4922273
4931661
4941654
4951652
4961653
4971656
4981657
499, 500969
5019
5025, 2275
503, 5042277
5051081
5061082
5071083
508, 511-518Rep.
518a1384
519-521Rep.
5221991
523244
532-535Rep.
536T. 50 Sec. 42
5411
5423566
5433567
5443563
5453564
546, 5473231
5481151, 1153, 3242
5491151, 1153
5502
5513
552 1660
5533236
554Rep. See Cr. Proc. R. 6(f).
554aRep. See Cr. Proc. R. 6.
555Rep. See Cr. Proc. R. 7(a).
556Rep. See Cr. Proc. R. 6(d), 52(a).
556a3288, 3289
556bRep.
557Rep. See Cr. Proc. R. 8, 13, 14.
558Rep. See Cr. Proc. R. 7.
559Rep. See Cr. Proc. R. 7.
560Rep. See Cr. Proc. R. 7.
561Rep. See Cr. Proc. R. 12(b)(5).
5623432
562aRep. See Cr. Proc. R. 10.
5633005
564Rep. See Cr. Proc. R. 11, 12(b)(3).
565Rep. See Cr. Proc. R. 31(c).
566Rep. See Cr. Proc. R. 31(a), (b).
5671111
5683570
5693565
570 3612
571-573Rep.
5743241
5753059
576 3401
576a3402
576b-576d3401
581Rep.
581a, 581b3281
5823282
5833290
5843283
585T. 26 (I.R.C. 1939) Sec. 3748(a) (See T. 26 (I.R.C. 1986) Sec. 6531)
586T. 26 (I.R.C. 1939) Sec. 3748(b) (See T. 26 (I.R.C. 1986) Sec. 6531)
5873288
5883289
5893288, 3289
590Rep.
590a3287
5913041
592Rep.
593Rep. See Cr. Proc. R. 5(a).
5943045
595Rep. See Cr. Proc. R. 4, 5.
596, 5973141
5983144
5993142
6003143
601 Rep. See Cr. Proc. R. 46(f)(1), (2).
6023047
6034084
6043049
6053012
611-616Rep. See Cr. Proc. R. 41.
6173105
618, 6193109
620-626Rep. See Cr. Proc. R. 41.
627Rep.
6282231
6291621
6302235
6312234
6325
633Rep.
6413569
642, 643T. 46 Sec. 7, 8 (See Rev. T. 46 Table)
644T. 28 Sec. 1822
6453611
646 3617
6473616
6513184
6523185
6533186
6543188
6553190
6563191
6573189
6583181
6593192
6603051, 3193
661752, 1502
6623182, 3195
662a5001
662b3042
662c752, 3183, 3195
662d3187, 3195
662e755
6633194
664Rep.
665755
666, 667Rep.
6683195, 3498
669-676D.C. Code, Sec. 23-701, 23-702, 23-705
681Rep. See Cr. Proc. R. 37.
6823731
683Rep.
6873771
6883772
6893771, 3772
691Rep.
6924086
693-700Rep.
7014007
702Rep.
7034006
704D.C. Code, Sec. 24-424
704aD.C. Code, Sec. 24-423
705-707Rep.
708, 709436
709a3568
710, 710a4161
7114166
712, 712aRep.
7134163, 4165
7144202
715Rep.
7164203, 4204
716a4203
716b4164
7174205
7184206
7194207
720Rep.
7214281
722Rep.
7233570
723a4201
723bRep.
723c4205
7243651
7253653
7263654
726-1, 726aT. 28 Sec. 604
7273655
7283656
729T. 28 Sec. 1495, 2513
730-732T. 28 Sec. 2513
733-733b4085
7414001
742-744Rep.
744a4122
744b4125
744c4122, 4123
744d-744f4126
744g4124
744h4162
744h-lRep.
744i, 744j4121
744k4122
744l4126
744m4127
744n4128
744o-744rElim.
745Rep.
7464281
746a4282
746b4283
747-749Rep.
750T. 5 Sec. 678b (See Rev. T. 5 Table)
751, 7524005
7534041
753a4042
753b4002, 4042
753c4003
753d4009
753e4001
753f4082, 4083
753g4008
753h751
753i752, 1072
753j1791
753k3050
7544004
761Rep.
762 4083
763-776, 791-801, 811-815Rep.
8164321
817-819, 831-840Rep.
8514125
852Rep.
853-8554125
871-875Rep.
8764241
8774242
8784243
879, 880, 901-906Rep.
9074081
9081791
909751
910752, 1072
911, 912Rep.
9215031
9225032, 5033
9235033
9245034
9255035
9265036
9275037
928Elim.
929Rep.

POSITIVE LAW; CITATION

Section 1 of act June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 683, provided in part that: ''Title 18 of the United States Code, entitled 'Crimes and Criminal Procedure', is hereby revised, codified and enacted into positive law, and may be cited as 'Title 18, U.S.C., Sec. - .' '

LEGISLATIVE CONSTRUCTION

Section 19 of act June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 862, provided that: ''No inference of a legislative construction is to be drawn by reason of the chapter in Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, as set out in section 1 of this Act, in which any particular section is placed, nor by reason of the catchlines used in such title.'

SEPARABILITY

Section 18 of act June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 862, provided that: ''If any part of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, as set out in section 1 of this Act, shall be held invalid the remainder shall not be affected thereby.'

EFFECTIVE DATE

Section 20 of act June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 862, provided that the revision of this title shall be effective Sept. 1, 1948

EXISTING RIGHTS OR LIABILITIES

Section 21 of act June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 862, provided in part that any right or liabilities now existing under repealed sections or parts thereof shall not be affected by the repeal

REPEALED, TRANSFERRED, AND OMITTED SECTIONS

All former sections of Title 18 were repealed, transferred to other titles, or omitted by said act June 25, 1948, except for sections 595, 644, 726-1, 726a, 729, 730, and 732 which were repealed by act June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 687, the act revising and codifying Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure, into positive law

TITLE REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This title is referred to in title 7 section 7734; title 8 sections 1160, 1253, 1255a, 1282, 1324, 1324c, 1325, 1326, 1327, 1328, 1534; title 10 sections 976, 2323, 2507, 2538; title 11 section 523; title 12 sections 93, 1441a, 1464, 1772d, 1786, 1818, 1822, 3108, 4204, 4224; title 15 sections 1245, 1681q, 1681r, 5408, 6823; title 16 sections 256b, 668dd, 707, 1437, 3373, 3375, 4224, 4306, 4912, 5010, 5305a, 5508; title 19 section 1308; title 21 sections 104, 333, 841, 844, 848, 858, 863, 960, 1906; title 22 sections 6744, 6761; title 28 sections 535, 994; title 29 section 1136; title 31 section 5324; title 33 sections 1321, 1415, 2609; title 36 section 509; title 38 sections 901, 5905, 6101, 6102; title 41 sections 54, 423; title 42 sections 263a, 274k, 289g-2, 290cc-32, 290dd-2, 300d-20, 300h-2, 300i-1, 300j-23, 300x-56, 300dd-9, 300ee-19, 405, 408, 1011, 1320b-6, 1383, 1383a, 1395ss, 1490s, 1973gg-10, 3215, 3537a, 3631, 7413, 9603, 9612, 14081, 14135a, 14135b, 14405; title 46 sections 12507, 31306, 31330; title 46 App. section 808; title 47 sections 223, 559; title 48 sections 1424-4, 1614, 1821; title 49 sections 1155, 5124, 5126, 14903, 14905, 14909, 14912, 16102, 16103, 16104, 16105, 21311, 28302, 30170, 30307, 32507, 32709, 46306, 46307, 46308, 46309, 46310, 46311, 46312, 46313, 46314, 46315, 46316, 46317, 46504, 46505, 46506, 46507, 47126, 47306, 60123, 80116, 80501; title 50 section 421; title 50 App. sections 530, 531, 532, 534, 535

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