§ 3241. — Jurisdiction of offenses under certain sections.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC3241]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART II--CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
CHAPTER 211--JURISDICTION AND VENUE
Sec. 3241. Jurisdiction of offenses under certain sections
The District Court of the Virgin Islands shall have jurisdiction of
offenses under the laws of the United States, not locally inapplicable,
committed within the territorial jurisdiction of such courts, and
jurisdiction, concurrently with the district courts of the United
States, of offenses against the laws of the United States committed upon
the high seas.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 827; Pub. L. 85-508, Sec. 12(i), July
7, 1958, 72 Stat. 348; Pub. L. 107-273, div. B, title IV, Sec. 4004(e),
Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1812.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Secs. 39, 574; sections 23,
101, 1406 of title 48, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Territories and Insular
Possessions; section 39 of title 50, U.S.C., 1940 ed., War and National
Defense (June 6, 1900, ch. 786, Sec. 4, 31 Stat. 322; Aug. 24, 1912, ch.
387, Sec. 3, 37 Stat. 512; June 15, 1917, ch. 30, title XIII, Sec. 2, 40
Stat. 231; Mar. 2, 1921, ch. 110, 41 Stat. 1203; June 22, 1936, ch. 699,
Sec. 28, 49 Stat. 1814).
Section consolidates portions of sections 39 and 574 of title 18,
U.S.C., 1940 ed., with jurisdictional provisions of sections 23, 101,
and 1406 of title 48, U.S.C., 1940 ed., and section 39 of title 50
U.S.C., 1940 ed., with changes of phraseology necessary to effect
consolidation.
The revised section simplifies and clarifies the Federal
jurisdiction of the district courts of the Territories and Possessions.
The enumeration of sections in section 574 of title 18, U.S.C., 1940
ed., was omitted as incomplete and misleading and the general language
of the revised section was made applicable to the Canal Zone.
The phrase ``the several courts of the first instance in the
Philippine Islands'' in section 574 of title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., was
omitted as obsolete in view of the independence of the Commonwealth of
the Philippines effective July 4, 1946.
The last sentence of section 574 of title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., with
reference to the powers of district attorneys was omitted as unnecessary
and otherwise covered by sections 403 and 404 of title 22, U.S.C., 1940
ed., Foreign Relations and Intercourse.
Definition of United States in section 39 of title 18, U.S.C., 1940
ed., is incorporated in section 5 of this title.
Amendments
2002--Pub. L. 107-273 struck out ``United States District Court for
the Canal Zone and the'' after ``The''.
1958--Pub. L. 85-508 struck out provisions which related to the
District Court for the Territory of Alaska. See section 81A of Title 28,
Judiciary and Judicial Procedure, which establishes a United States
District Court for the State of Alaska.
Effective Date of 1958 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 85-508 effective Jan. 3, 1959, on admission of
Alaska into the Union pursuant to Proc. No. 3269, Jan. 3, 1959, 24 F.R.
81, 73 Stat. c16, as required by sections 1 and 8(c) of Pub. L. 85-508,
see notes set out under section 81A of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial
Procedure, and preceding former section 21 of Title 48, Territories and
Insular Possessions.
