Notes on 18 U.S.C. § 550 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 18 U.S.C. § 550 : US Code - Notes

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 718; Pub. L. 103-322, title
XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(K), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on section 1590 of title 19, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Customs
Duties (June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, Sec. 590, 46 Stat. 750).
Reference to felony, contained in words "such person shall be
guilty of a felony" was omitted as unnecessary in view of
definition of felony in section 1 of this title. This, too, was the
policy adopted by the codifiers of the 1909 Criminal Code. (See S.
Rept. 10, pt. I, pp. 12, 13, and 14, 60th Cong., 1st sess.)
Words "and upon conviction thereof" before "shall be punished"
were also omitted as unnecessary, since punishment cannot be
imposed until a conviction is secured.
Changes were made in phraseology.
AMENDMENTS
1994 - Pub. L. 103-322 substituted "fined under this title" for
"fined not more than $5,000".