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CITE

    18 USC Sec. 114                                             01/05/2009

EXPCITE

    TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
    PART I - CRIMES
    CHAPTER 7 - ASSAULT

HEAD

    Sec. 114. Maiming within maritime and territorial jurisdiction

STATUTE

      Whoever, within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction
    of the United States, and with intent to torture (as defined in
    section 2340), maim, or disfigure, cuts, bites, or slits the nose,
    ear, or lip, or cuts out or disables the tongue, or puts out or
    destroys an eye, or cuts off or disables a limb or any member of
    another person; or
      Whoever, within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction
    of the United States, and with like intent, throws or pours upon
    another person, any scalding water, corrosive acid, or caustic
    substance -
      Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than
    twenty years, or both.

SOURCE

    (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 689; May 24, 1949, ch. 139, Sec.
    3, 63 Stat. 90; Pub. L. 98-473, title II, Sec. 1009A, Oct. 12,
    1984, 98 Stat. 2141; Pub. L. 101-647, title XXXV, Sec. 3507, Nov.
    29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4922; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, Sec.
    330016(1)(O), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2148; Pub. L. 104-132,
    title VII, Sec. 705(a)(1), Apr. 24, 1996, 110 Stat. 1295.)

HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES

                                 1948 ACT
      Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 462 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch.
    321, Sec. 283, 35 Stat. 1144).
      The words "within the special maritime and territorial
    jurisdiction of the United States, and" were added to preserve
    jurisdictional limitation provided for by section 451 of title 18,
    U.S.C., 1940 ed., now section 7 of this title. (See reviser's note
    thereunder.)
      Changes in phraseology were made.
                                 1949 ACT
      This section [section 3] corrects a typographical error in
    section 114 of title 18, U.S.C.
                                AMENDMENTS
      1996 - Pub. L. 104-132 substituted "torture (as defined in
    section 2340), maim, or disfigure" for "maim or disfigure".
      1994 - Pub. L. 103-322 substituted "fined under this title" for
    "fined not more than $25,000".
      1990 - Pub. L. 101-647 substituted "or imprisoned" for "and
    imprisoned".
      1984 - Pub. L. 98-473 substituted "and imprisoned" for "or
    imprisoned" and provisions raising maximum fine from $1,000 to
    $25,000 and raising maximum term of imprisonment from seven years
    to twenty years.
      1949 - Act May 24, 1949, corrected spelling of "maim".