§ 3266. — Regulations.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC3266]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART II--CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
CHAPTER 212--MILITARY EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION
Sec. 3266. Regulations
(a) The Secretary of Defense, after consultation with the Secretary
of State and the Attorney General, shall prescribe regulations governing
the apprehension, detention, delivery, and removal of persons under this
chapter and the facilitation of proceedings under section 3265. Such
regulations shall be uniform throughout the Department of Defense.
(b)(1) The Secretary of Defense, after consultation with the
Secretary of State and the Attorney General, shall prescribe regulations
requiring that, to the maximum extent practicable, notice shall be
provided to any person employed by or accompanying the Armed Forces
outside the United States who is not a national of the United States
that such person is potentially subject to the criminal jurisdiction of
the United States under this chapter.
(2) A failure to provide notice in accordance with the regulations
prescribed under paragraph (1) shall not defeat the jurisdiction of a
court of the United States or provide a defense in any judicial
proceeding arising under this chapter.
(c) The regulations prescribed under this section, and any
amendments to those regulations, shall not take effect before the date
that is 90 days after the date on which the Secretary of Defense submits
a report containing those regulations or amendments (as the case may be)
to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and
the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate.
(Added Pub. L. 106-523, Sec. 2(a), Nov. 22, 2000, 114 Stat. 2491.)
