18 USC CHAPTER 113C - TORTURE 01/03/2007

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-CITE- 18 USC CHAPTER 113C - TORTURE 01/03/2007 -EXPCITE- TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 113C - TORTURE -HEAD- CHAPTER 113C - TORTURE -MISC1- Sec. 2340. Definitions. 2340A. Torture. 2340B. Exclusive remedies. AMENDMENTS 2002 - Pub. L. 107-273, div. B, title IV, Sec. 4002(c)(1), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1808, repealed Pub. L. 104-294, title VI, Sec. 601(j)(1), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3501. See 1996 Amendment note below. 1996 - Pub. L. 104-132, title III, Sec. 303(c)(1), Apr. 24, 1996, 110 Stat. 1253, redesignated chapter 113B as 113C. Pub. L. 104-294, title VI, Sec. 601(j)(1), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3501, which made identical amendment, was repealed by Pub. L. 107-273, div. B, title IV, Sec. 4002(c)(1), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1808, effective Oct. 11, 1996. -End- -CITE- 18 USC Sec. 2340 01/03/2007 -EXPCITE- TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 113C - TORTURE -HEAD- Sec. 2340. Definitions -STATUTE- As used in this chapter - (1) "torture" means an act committed by a person acting under the color of law specifically intended to inflict severe physical or mental pain or suffering (other than pain or suffering incidental to lawful sanctions) upon another person within his custody or physical control; (2) "severe mental pain or suffering" means the prolonged mental harm caused by or resulting from - (A) the intentional infliction or threatened infliction of severe physical pain or suffering; (B) the administration or application, or threatened administration or application, of mind-altering substances or other procedures calculated to disrupt profoundly the senses or the personality; (C) the threat of imminent death; or (D) the threat that another person will imminently be subjected to death, severe physical pain or suffering, or the administration or application of mind-altering substances or other procedures calculated to disrupt profoundly the senses or personality; and (3) "United States" means the several States of the United States, the District of Columbia, and the commonwealths, territories, and possessions of the United States. -SOURCE- (Added Pub. L. 103-236, title V, Sec. 506(a), Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 463; amended Pub. L. 103-415, Sec. 1(k), Oct. 25, 1994, 108 Stat. 4301; Pub. L. 103-429, Sec. 2(2), Oct. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 4377; Pub. L. 108-375, div. A, title X, Sec. 1089, Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 2067.) -MISC1- AMENDMENTS 2004 - Par. (3). Pub. L. 108-375 amended par. (3) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (3) read as follows: " 'United States' includes all areas under the jurisdiction of the United States including any of the places described in sections 5 and 7 of this title and section 46501(2) of title 49." 1994 - Par. (1). Pub. L. 103-415 substituted "within his custody" for "with custody". Par. (3). Pub. L. 103-429 substituted "section 46501(2) of title 49" for "section 101(38) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. App. 1301(38))". EFFECTIVE DATE Section 506(c) of Pub. L. 103-236 provided that: "The amendments made by this section [enacting this chapter] shall take effect on the later of - "(1) the date of enactment of this Act [Apr. 30, 1994]; or "(2) the date on which the United States has become a party to the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment." [Convention entered into Force with respect to United States Nov. 20, 1994, Treaty Doc. 100-20.] -End- -CITE- 18 USC Sec. 2340A 01/03/2007 -EXPCITE- TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 113C - TORTURE -HEAD- Sec. 2340A. Torture -STATUTE- (a) Offense. - Whoever outside the United States commits or attempts to commit torture shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both, and if death results to any person from conduct prohibited by this subsection, shall be punished by death or imprisoned for any term of years or for life. (b) Jurisdiction. - There is jurisdiction over the activity prohibited in subsection (a) if - (1) the alleged offender is a national of the United States; or (2) the alleged offender is present in the United States, irrespective of the nationality of the victim or alleged offender. (c) Conspiracy. - A person who conspires to commit an offense under this section shall be subject to the same penalties (other than the penalty of death) as the penalties prescribed for the offense, the commission of which was the object of the conspiracy. -SOURCE- (Added Pub. L. 103-236, title V, Sec. 506(a), Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 463; amended Pub. L. 103-322, title VI, Sec. 60020, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1979; Pub. L. 107-56, title VIII, Sec. 811(g), Oct. 26, 2001, 115 Stat. 381.) -MISC1- AMENDMENTS 2001 - Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 107-56 added subsec. (c). 1994 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103-322 inserted "punished by death or" before "imprisoned for any term of years or for life". -End- -CITE- 18 USC Sec. 2340B 01/03/2007 -EXPCITE- TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 113C - TORTURE -HEAD- Sec. 2340B. Exclusive remedies -STATUTE- Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as precluding the application of State or local laws on the same subject, nor shall anything in this chapter be construed as creating any substantive or procedural right enforceable by law by any party in any civil proceeding. -SOURCE- (Added Pub. L. 103-236, title V, Sec. 506(a), Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 464.) -End-

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