18 U.S.C. § 3240 — Creation of new district or division
submitted 78 years ago by ch. 645 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 92 words · no verdicts yet
When districts, divisions, counties, or territories are newly created or transferred, earlier offenses are prosecuted as though the change had not happened. The defendant may ask the court to move the case to the new district or division for trial.
When a new district or division is established, or a county or territory moves from one district or division to another, prosecution of offenses committed there before the change begins and proceeds as if the change had not occurred. The court may, however, move the case to the new district or division for trial if the defendant asks.
Whenever any new district or division is established, or any county or territory is transferred from one district or division to another district or division, prosecutions for offenses committed within such district, division, county, or territory prior to such transfer, shall be commenced and proceeded with the same as if such new district or division had not been created, or such county or territory had not been transferred, unless the court, upon the application of the defendant, shall order the case to be removed to the new district or division for trial.
Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 827; May 24, 1949, ch. 139, § 50, 63 Stat. 96.)
- 1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 645 · 62 Stat. 827
- 1949Amended · Act of May 24, 1949, ch. 139 · 63 Stat. 96
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 645 on 1948-06-25.
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