§ 4012. — Summary seizure and forfeiture of prison contraband.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC4012]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART III--PRISONS AND PRISONERS
CHAPTER 301--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 4012. Summary seizure and forfeiture of prison contraband
An officer or employee of the Bureau of Prisons may, pursuant to
rules and regulations of the Director of the Bureau of Prisons,
summarily seize any object introduced into a Federal penal or
correctional facility or possessed by an inmate of such a facility in
violation of a rule, regulation or order promulgated by the Director,
and such object shall be forfeited to the United States.
(Added Pub. L. 98-473, title II, Sec. 1109(d), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat.
2148.)
