18 U.S.C. § 3598 — Special provisions for Indian country
submitted 32 years ago by Pub. L. 103-322 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 83 words · no verdicts yet
This section prevents a federal capital sentence based only on Indian-country jurisdiction unless the tribe chooses to apply this chapter.
Despite sections 1152 and 1153, a person under an Indian tribal government’s criminal jurisdiction may not receive a capital sentence under this chapter for an offense occurring within Indian country when federal jurisdiction is based only on Indian country as defined in section 1151, unless the tribe’s governing body has chosen to make this chapter effective over the land and people under its criminal jurisdiction.
Notwithstanding sections 1152 and 1153, no person subject to the criminal jurisdiction of an Indian tribal government shall be subject to a capital sentence under this chapter for any offense the Federal jurisdiction for which is predicated solely on Indian country (as defined in section 1151 of this title) and which has occurred within the boundaries of Indian country, unless the governing body of the tribe has elected that this chapter have effect over land and persons subject to its criminal jurisdiction.
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 103–322, title VI, § 60002(a), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1968.)
- 1994Enacted · Pub. L. 103-322 · 108 Stat. 1968
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