18 U.S.C. § 1385 — Use of Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Space Force as posse comitatus
submitted 70 years ago by ch. 1041 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 60 words · no verdicts yet
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Whoever, except in cases and under circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution or Act of Congress, willfully uses any part of the Army, the Navy, the Marine Corps, the Air Force, or the Space Force as a posse comitatus or otherwise to execute the laws shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.
Source credit: (Added Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, § 18(a), 70A Stat. 626; amended Pub. L. 86–70, § 17(d), June 25, 1959, 73 Stat. 144; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(L), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147; Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title X, § 1045(a), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 1904.)
- 1956Enacted · Act of Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041
- 1959Amended · Pub. L. 86-70 · 73 Stat. 144
- 1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-322 · 108 Stat. 2147
- 2021Amended · Pub. L. 117-81 · 135 Stat. 1904
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