18 U.S.C. § 5031 — Definitions
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For the purposes of this chapter, a “juvenile” is a person who has not attained his eighteenth birthday, or for the purpose of proceedings and disposition under this chapter for an alleged act of juvenile delinquency, a person who has not attained his twenty-first birthday, and “juvenile delinquency” is the violation of a law of the United States committed by a person prior to his eighteenth birthday which would have been a crime if committed by an adult or a violation by such a person of section 922(x).
Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 857; Pub. L. 93–415, title V, § 501, Sept. 7, 1974, 88 Stat. 1133; Pub. L. 103–322, title XI, § 110201(c)(1), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2012.)
- 1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 645 · 62 Stat. 857
- 1974Amended · Pub. L. 93-415 · 88 Stat. 1133
- 1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-322 · 108 Stat. 2012
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