Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal ProcedureRelease 119-73
§3058 Interned belligerent nationals
Title 18 › Part PART II— - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE › Chapter CHAPTER 203— - ARREST AND COMMITMENT › § 3058
Summary
A member of enemy forces held in the U.S. who escapes, leaves without permission, or overstays can be arrested by U.S. marshals or military/naval authorities. They must be sent back to confinement and kept for the time the U.S. official in charge orders.
Full Legal Text
Title 18, §3058
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Whoever, belonging to the armed land or naval forces of a belligerent nation or belligerent faction and being interned in the United States, in accordance with the law of nations, leaves or attempts to leave said jurisdiction, or leaves or attempts to leave the limits of internment without permission from the proper official of the United States in charge, or willfully overstays a leave of absence granted by such official, shall be subject to arrest by any marshal or deputy marshal of the United States, or by the military or naval authorities thereof, and shall be returned to the place of internment and there confined and safely kept for such period of time as the official of the United States in charge shall direct.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 37 (June 15, 1917, ch. 30, title V, § 7, 40 Stat. 223). Said section 37 was incorporated in this section and section 756 of this title. Minor verbal changes were made.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1990—Pub. L. 101–647 substituted “belligerent” for “beligerent” before “nation”.
Reference
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Citation
18 U.S.C. § 3058
Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73