Notes on 18 U.S.C. § 792 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 18 U.S.C. § 792 : US Code - Notes

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 736; Pub. L. 103-322, title
XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(L), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on section 35 of title 50, U.S.C., 1940 ed., War and
National Defense (June 15, 1917, ch. 30, title I, Sec. 5, 40 Stat.
219; Mar. 28, 1940, ch. 72, Sec. 2, 54 Stat. 79).
Similar harboring and concealing language was added to section
2388 of this title.
Mandatory punishment provision was rephrased in the alternative.
AMENDMENTS
1994 - Pub. L. 103-322 substituted "fined under this title" for
"fined not more than $10,000".
INDICTMENT FOR VIOLATING THIS SECTION AND SECTIONS 793, 794;
LIMITATION PERIOD
Act Sept. 23, 1950, ch. 1024, Sec. 19, 64 Stat. 1005, provided
that an indictment for any violation of this section and sections
793 and 794 of this title, other than a violation constituting a
capital offense, may be found at any time within ten years next
after such violation shall have been committed, but that such
section 19 shall not authorize prosecution, trial, or punishment
for any offense "now" barred by the provisions of existing law.