§ 661. — Within 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: 18USC661]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I--CRIMES
CHAPTER 31--EMBEZZLEMENT AND THEFT
Sec. 661. Within special maritime and territorial jurisdiction
Whoever, within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of
the United States, takes and carries away, with intent to steal or
purloin, any personal property of another shall be punished as follows:
If the property taken is of a value exceeding $1,000, or is taken
from the person of another, by a fine under this title, or imprisonment
for not more than five years, or both; in all other cases, by a fine
under this title or by imprisonment not more than one year, or both.
If the property stolen consists of any evidence of debt, or other
written instrument, the amount of money due thereon, or secured to be
paid thereby and remaining unsatisfied, or which in any contingency
might be collected thereon, or the value of the property the title to
which is shown thereby, or the sum which might be recovered in the
absence thereof, shall be the value of the property stolen.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 731; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII,
Sec. 330016(1)(H), (K), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147; Pub. L. 104-294,
title VI, Secs. 601(a)(3), 606(a), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3498, 3511.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 466 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch.
321, Sec. 287, 35 Stat. 1144).
Words ``within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of
the United States'' were inserted to conform with section 7 of this
title. (See reviser's note under that section.)
The maximum fine and imprisonment provisions were modified and
``five years'' and ``$5,000'' substituted for ``ten years'' and
``$10,000'' and the sum of $100 was substituted for $50 as more in
accord with other sections of this chapter. (See section 641 of this
title.)
Minor changes were made in phraseology.
Amendments
1996--Pub. L. 104-294, in second par., substituted ``$1,000'' for
``$100'' and substituted ``fine under this title'' for ``fine of under
this title'' in two places.
1994--Pub. L. 103-322, in second par., substituted ``under this
title'' for ``not more than $5,000'' after ``another, by a fine of'' and
for ``not more than $1,000'' after ``cases, by a fine of''.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 1153, 3050 of this title;
title 49 section 46506.
