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CHAPTER 211⁠—JURISDICTION AND VENUE — Front Matter

Sec.
3231.District courts.
3232.District of offense⁠—Rule.
3233.Transfer within district⁠—Rule.
3234.Change of venue to another district⁠—Rule.
3235.Venue in capital cases.
3236.Murder or manslaughter.
3237.Offenses begun in one district and completed in another.
3238.Offenses not committed in any district.
3239.Optional venue for espionage and related offenses.
3240.Creation of new district or division.
3241.Jurisdiction of offenses under certain sections.
3242.Indians committing certain offenses; acts on reservations.
3243.Jurisdiction of State of Kansas over offenses committed by or against Indians on Indian reservations.
3244.Jurisdiction of proceedings relating to transferred offenders.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1994⁠—Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXII, § 320909(b), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2127, added item 3239.

1984⁠—Pub. L. 98-473, title II, § 1204(b), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2152, struck out item 3239 “Threatening communications”.

1978⁠—Pub. L. 95-598, title III, § 314(j)(2), Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2678, added item 3244.