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18 U.S.C. § 1152 — Laws governing

submitted 78 years ago by ch. 645 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 110 words · no verdicts yet

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Unless another law says otherwise, United States criminal laws generally apply in Indian country. The section excludes specified offenses involving one Indian against another, tribal punishment, and treaty-based tribal jurisdiction.

Except as otherwise expressly provided by law, the general laws of the United States as to the punishment of offenses committed in any place within the sole and exclusive jurisdiction of the United States, except the District of Columbia, must extend to the Indian country. This section may not extend to offenses committed by one Indian against the person or property of another Indian, nor to any Indian committing any offense in the Indian country who has been punished by the local law of the tribe, or to any case where, by treaty stipulations, the exclusive jurisdiction over such offenses is or may be secured to the Indian tribes respectively.
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Except as otherwise expressly provided by law, the general laws of the United States as to the punishment of offenses committed in any place within the sole and exclusive jurisdiction of the United States, except the District of Columbia, shall extend to the Indian country.

This section shall not extend to offenses committed by one Indian against the person or property of another Indian, nor to any Indian committing any offense in the Indian country who has been punished by the local law of the tribe, or to any case where, by treaty stipulations, the exclusive jurisdiction over such offenses is or may be secured to the Indian tribes respectively.

Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 757.)

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  • 1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 645 · 62 Stat. 757

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 645 on 1948-06-25.

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