18 U.S.C. § 848 — Effect on State law

submitted 56 years ago by Pub. L. 91-452 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 69 words · no verdicts yet

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This section says the chapter does not generally replace State law on the same subject. State law is displaced only when it directly and positively conflicts with the chapter so the two cannot coexist.

No provision of this chapter should be read as showing that Congress intended to occupy the field and exclude State law on the same subject, unless the provision and State law directly and positively conflict so that they cannot be reconciled or consistently operate together.

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No provision of this chapter shall be construed as indicating an intent on the part of the Congress to occupy the field in which such provision operates to the exclusion of the law of any State on the same subject matter, unless there is a direct and positive conflict between such provision and the law of the State so that the two cannot be reconciled or consistently stand together.

Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 91–452, title XI, § 1102(a), Oct. 15, 1970, 84 Stat. 959.)

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1970Enacted · Pub. L. 91-452 · 84 Stat. 959

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