TITLE 18-CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

This title was enacted by act June 25, 1948, ch. 645, §1, 62 Stat. 683

Amendments

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

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., §-.' "

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21 of act June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 862 , provided in part that any right or liabilities now existing under repealed sections or parts thereof shall not be affected by the repeal.

Repealed, Transferred, and Omitted Sections

All former sections of Title 18 were repealed, transferred to other titles, or omitted by said act June 25, 1948, except for sections 595, 644, 726–1, 726a, 729, 730, and 732 which were repealed by act June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 687 , the act revising and codifying Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure, into positive law.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 8 sections 1160, 1255a, 1282, 1324, 1324c, 1325, 1326, 1327, 1328; title 10 sections 2507, 2538; title 11 section 523; title 12 sections 93, 1441a, 1464, 1772d, 1786, 1818, 1822, 3108, 4204, 4224; title 15 sections 1245, 5408; title 16 sections 256b, 590n, 668dd, 3373, 3375, 4224, 4306, 4912, 5010; title 21 sections 104, 333, 841, 844, 848, 858, 863, 960; title 28 sections 535, 994; title 29 section 1136; title 31 section 5324; title 33 sections 1321, 1415, 2609; 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, 1383, 1395ss, 1973gg–10, 3537a, 3537b, 7413, 9603, 9612; title 46 sections 12507, 31306, 31330; title 46 App. section 808; title 47 section 223; title 48 sections 1424–4, 1614, 1821; title 49 sections 1155, 5124, 5126, 21311, 30307, 32507, 32709, 46306, 46307, 46308, 46309, 46310, 46311, 46312, 46313, 46314, 46315, 46316, 46504, 46505, 46506, 46507, 47126, 47306, 60123, 80116, 80501; title 50 App. sections 530, 531, 532, 534, 535.