§3241 Jurisdiction of offenses under certain sections

Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §§ 39, 574; section 23, 101, 1406 of title 48, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Territories and Insular Possessions; section 39 of title 50, U.S.C., 1940 ed., War and National Defense (

June 6, 1900, ch. 786, § 4, 31 Stat. 322; Aug. 24, 1912, ch. 387, § 3, 37 Stat. 512;

June 15, 1917, ch. 30, title XIII, § 2, 40 Stat. 231; Mar. 2, 1921, ch. 110, 41 Stat. 1203;

June 22, 1936, ch. 699, § 28, 49 Stat. 1814). Section consolidates portions of section 39 and 574 of title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., with jurisdictional provisions of section 23, 101, and 1406 of title 48, U.S.C., 1940 ed., and section 39 of title 50 U.S.C., 1940 ed., with changes of phraseology necessary to effect consolidation. The revised section simplifies and clarifies the Federal jurisdiction of the district courts of the Territories and Possessions. The enumeration of sections in section 574 of title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., was omitted as incomplete and misleading and the general language of the revised section was made applicable to the Canal Zone. The phrase “the several courts of the first instance in the Philippine Islands” in section 574 of title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., was omitted as obsolete in view of the independence of the Commonwealth of the Philippines effective

July 4, 1946. The last sentence of section 574 of title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., with reference to the powers of district attorneys was omitted as unnecessary and otherwise covered by section 403 and 404 of title 22, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Foreign Relations and Intercourse. Definition of United States in section 39 of title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., is incorporated in section 5 of this title.