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    18 USC Sec. 5031                                            01/05/2009

EXPCITE

    TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
    PART IV - CORRECTION OF YOUTHFUL OFFENDERS
    CHAPTER 403 - JUVENILE DELINQUENCY

HEAD

    Sec. 5031. Definitions

STATUTE

      For the purposes of this chapter, a "juvenile" is a person who
    has not attained his eighteenth birthday, or for the purpose of
    proceedings and disposition under this chapter for an alleged act
    of juvenile delinquency, a person who has not attained his twenty-
    first birthday, and "juvenile delinquency" is the violation of a
    law of the United States committed by a person prior to his
    eighteenth birthday which would have been a crime if committed by
    an adult or a violation by such a person of section 922(x).

SOURCE

    (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 857; Pub. L. 93-415, title V,
    Sec. 501, Sept. 7, 1974, 88 Stat. 1133; Pub. L. 103-322, title XI,
    Sec. 110201(c)(1), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2012.)

HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES

      Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 921 (June 16, 1938, ch.
    486, Sec. 1, 52 Stat. 764).
      The phrase "who has not attained his eighteenth birthday" was
    substituted for "seventeen years of age or under" as more clearly
    reflecting congressional intent and administrative construction.
    The necessity of a definite fixing of the age of the juvenile was
    emphasized by Hon. Arthur J. Tuttle, United States district judge,
    Detroit, Mich., in a letter to the Committee on Revision of the
    Laws dated June 24, 1944. Words "an offense against the" was
    changed to "the violation of a" without change of substance.
      Minor change was made in translation of section references to
    "this chapter".

CODIFICATION

      Another section 501 of title V of Pub. L. 93-415, as added by
    Pub. L. 107-273, div. C, title II, Sec. 12222(a), Nov. 2, 2002, 116
    Stat. 1894, is set out as a note under section 5601 of Title 42,
    The Public Health and Welfare.
      Another section 501 of title V of Pub. L. 93-415, as added by
    Pub. L. 102-586, Sec. 5(a), Nov. 4, 1992, 106 Stat. 5027, was set
    out as a note under section 5601 of Title 42, The Public Health and
    Welfare, prior to the general amendment of that title V by Pub. L.
    107-273.

AMENDMENTS

      1994 - Pub. L. 103-322 inserted before period at end "or a
    violation by such a person of section 922(x)".
      1974 - Pub. L. 93-415 amended section generally, inserting "or
    for the purpose of proceedings and disposition under this chapter
    for an alleged act of juvenile delinquency, a person who has not
    attained his twenty-first birthday" after "eighteenth birthday,"
    and substituting "committed by a person prior to his eighteenth
    birthday which would have been a crime if committed by an adult",
    for "committed by a juvenile and not punishable by death or life
    imprisonment."