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18 U.S.C. § 2155 — Destruction of national-defense materials, national-defense premises, or national-defense utilities

submitted 78 years ago by ch. 645 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 119 words · no verdicts yet

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This section makes it a crime to willfully injure, destroy, contaminate, or infect national-defense material, premises, or utilities with intent to harm the national defense. It provides a higher possible punishment if a person dies and punishes conspiracies.

(a) Whoever, with intent to injure, interfere with, or obstruct the national defense of the United States, willfully injures, destroys, contaminates or infects, or attempts to so injure, destroy, contaminate or infect any national-defense material, national-defense premises, or national-defense utilities, is fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both, and, if death results to any person, is imprisoned for any term of years or for life. (b) If two or more persons conspire to violate this section, and one or more of that persons do any act to effect the object of the conspiracy, each of the parties to that conspiracy is punished as provided in subsection (a) of this section.
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(a)

Whoever, with intent to injure, interfere with, or obstruct the national defense of the United States, willfully injures, destroys, contaminates or infects, or attempts to so injure, destroy, contaminate or infect any national-defense material, national-defense premises, or national-defense utilities, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both, and, if death results to any person, shall be imprisoned for any term of years or for life.

(b)

If two or more persons conspire to violate this section, and one or more of such persons do any act to effect the object of the conspiracy, each of the parties to such conspiracy shall be punished as provided in subsection (a) of this section.

Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 799; Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1261, title I, § 104, 68 Stat. 1218; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(L), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147; Pub. L. 104–294, title VI, § 601(f)(12), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3500; Pub. L. 107–56, title VIII, § 810(e), Oct. 26, 2001, 115 Stat. 380.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 645 · 62 Stat. 799
  • 1954Amended · Act of Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1261 · 68 Stat. 1218
  • 1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-322 · 108 Stat. 2147
  • 1996Amended · Pub. L. 104-294 · 110 Stat. 3500
  • 2001Amended · Pub. L. 107-56 · 115 Stat. 380

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

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