TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I - CRIMES
CHAPTER 115 - TREASON, SEDITION, AND SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES
HEAD
Sec. 2384. Seditious conspiracy
STATUTE
If two or more persons in any State or Territory, or in any place
subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, conspire to
overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the Government of the
United States, or to levy war against them, or to oppose by force
the authority thereof, or by force to prevent, hinder, or delay the
execution of any law of the United States, or by force to seize,
take, or possess any property of the United States contrary to the
authority thereof, they shall each be fined under this title or
imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.
SOURCE
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 808; July 24, 1956, ch. 678, Sec.
1, 70 Stat. 623; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(N),
Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2148.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 6 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch.
321, Sec. 6, 35 Stat. 1089).
AMENDMENTS
1994 - Pub. L. 103-322 substituted "fined under this title" for
"fined not more than $20,000".
1956 - Act July 24, 1956, substituted "$20,000" for "$5,000", and
"twenty years" for "six years".
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1956 AMENDMENT
Section 3 of act July 24, 1956, provided that: "The foregoing
amendments [amending this section and section 2385 of this title]
shall apply only with respect to offenses committed on and after
the date of the enactment of this Act [July 24, 1956]."
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