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Crimes and Criminal Procedure - 18 USC Section 2388

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01/19/04

Sec. 2388. Activities affecting armed forces during war

      (a) Whoever, when the United States is at war, willfully makes or
    conveys false reports or false statements with intent to interfere
    with the operation or success of the military or naval forces of
    the United States or to promote the success of its enemies; or
      Whoever, when the United States is at war, willfully causes or
    attempts to cause insubordination, disloyalty, mutiny, or refusal
    of duty, in the military or naval forces of the United States, or
    willfully obstructs the recruiting or enlistment service of the
    United States, to the injury of the service or the United States,
    or attempts to do so - 
      Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than
    twenty years, or both.
      (b) If two or more persons conspire to violate subsection (a) of
    this section and one or more such persons do any act to effect the
    object of the conspiracy, each of the parties to such conspiracy
    shall be punished as provided in said subsection (a).
      (c) Whoever harbors or conceals any person who he knows, or has
    reasonable grounds to believe or suspect, has committed, or is
    about to commit, an offense under this section, shall be fined
    under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.
      (d) This section shall apply within the admiralty and maritime
    jurisdiction of the United States, and on the high seas, as well as
    within the United States.

                                AMENDMENTS                            
      1994 - Pub. L. 103-322 substituted "fined under this title" for
    "fined not more than $10,000" in last par. of subsec. (a) and in
    subsec. (c).

                                  REPEALS                              
      Section 7 of act June 30, 1953, ch. 175, 67 Stat. 134, repealed
    Joint Res. July 3, 1952, ch. 570, Sec. 1(a)(29), 66 Stat. 333;
    Joint Res. Mar. 31, 1953, ch. 13, Sec. 1, 67 Stat. 18, which had
    provided that this section should continue in force until six
    months after the termination of the National emergency proclaimed
    by 1950 Proc. No. 2914 which is set out as a note preceding section
    1 of Appendix to Title 50, War and National Defense.

                REPEAL OF EXTENSIONS OF WAR-TIME PROVISIONS            
      Section 6 of Joint Res. July 3, 1952, repealed Joint Res. Apr.
    14, 1952, ch. 204, 66 Stat. 54, as amended by Joint Res. May 28,
    1952, ch. 339, 66 Stat. 96. Intermediate extensions by Joint Res.
    June 14, 1952, ch. 437, 66 Stat. 137, and Joint Res. June 30, 1952,
    ch. 526, 66 Stat. 296, which continued provisions until July 3,
    1952, expired by their own terms.

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