§ 3240. — Creation of new district or division.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC3240]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART II--CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
CHAPTER 211--JURISDICTION AND VENUE
Sec. 3240. Creation of new district or division
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.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 827; May 24, 1949, ch. 139, Sec. 50,
63 Stat. 96.)
Historical and Revision Notes
1948 Act
Based on section 121 of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Judicial Code
and Judiciary (Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, Sec. 59, 36 Stat. 1103).
Section 121 of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Judicial Code and
Judiciary, was divided into two sections. Only the portion relating to
venue in civil cases was left in title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Judicial
Code and Judiciary.
Minor changes of phraseology were made.
1949 Act
This section [section 50] strikes the second sentence of section
3240 of title 18, U.S.C., as unnecessary. Section ``119'' of title 28,
U.S.C., referred to in such sentence, became section 1404 of title 28
upon its revision and enactment into positive law in 1948, but reference
to the latter, in said section 3240 of title 18, U.S.C., is surplusage
in view of rule 19 et seq. of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
and the remainder of such section 3240.
Amendments
1949--Act May 24, 1949, struck out ``The transfer of such
prosecutions shall be made in the manner provided in section 119 of
Title 28''.
