§ 2111. — Special maritime and territorial jurisdiction.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC2111]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I--CRIMES
CHAPTER 103--ROBBERY AND BURGLARY
Sec. 2111. Special maritime and territorial jurisdiction
Whoever, within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of
the United States, by force and violence, or by intimidation, takes or
attempts to take from the person or presence of another anything of
value, shall be imprisoned not more than fifteen years.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 796; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXII,
Sec. 320903(a)(1), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2124.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 463 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch.
321, Sec. 284, 35 Stat. 1144).
Words ``within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of
the United States'' were added to restrict the place of the offense to
those places described in section 451 of title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., now
section 7 of this title.
Minor changes were made in phraseology.
Amendments
1994--Pub. L. 103-322 inserted ``or attempts to take'' after
``takes''.
Short Title of 1996 Amendment
Pub. L. 104-217, Sec. 1, Oct. 1, 1996, 110 Stat. 3020, provided
that: ``This Act [amending section 2119 of this title] may be cited as
the `Carjacking Correction Act of 1996'.''
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 3559, 5032 of this title;
title 42 section 14135a; title 49 section 46506.
