TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I - CRIMES
CHAPTER 103 - ROBBERY AND BURGLARY
HEAD
Sec. 2111. Special maritime and territorial jurisdiction
STATUTE
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.
SOURCE
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 796; Pub. L. 103-322, title
XXXII, Sec. 320903(a)(1), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2124.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 463 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch.
321, Sec. 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, Sec. 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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