The Congress shall have power to declare the punishment of treason, but no attainder of treason shall work corruption of blood, or forfeiture except during the life of the person attainted.
Please help us improve our site! No thank you. LII U. Constitution Article III. Words "upon conviction thereof" which preceded "be fined" were omitted as surplusage, as punishment cannot be imposed until a conviction is secured.
The phraseology was considerably changed to effect consolidation but without any change of substance. Amendment by act July 24, , as applicable only with respect to offenses committed on and after July 24, , see section 3 of act July 24, , set out as a note under section of this title.
B 1 The following organizations shall be required to register with the Attorney General:. Every organization subject to foreign control which engages in political activity;. Every organization which engages both in civilian military activity and in political activity;.
Every organization subject to foreign control which engages in civilian military activity; and. Every organization, the purpose or aim of which, or one of the purposes or aims of which, is the establishment, control, conduct, seizure, or overthrow of a government or subdivision thereof by the use of force, violence, military measures, or threats of any one or more of the foregoing. Every such organization shall register by filing with the Attorney General, on such forms and in such detail as the Attorney General may by rules and regulations prescribe, a registration statement containing the information and documents prescribed in subsection B 3 and shall within thirty days after the expiration of each period of six months succeeding the filing of such registration statement, file with the Attorney General, on such forms and in such detail as the Attorney General may by rules and regulations prescribe, a supplemental statement containing such information and documents as may be necessary to make the information and documents previously filed under this section accurate and current with respect to such preceding six months' period.
Every statement required to be filed by this section shall be subscribed, under oath, by all of the officers of the organization. All statements filed under this section shall be public records and open to public examination and inspection at all reasonable hours under such rules and regulations as the Attorney General may prescribe. C The Attorney General is authorized at any time to make, amend, and rescind such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out this section, including rules and regulations governing the statements required to be filed.
D Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. Whoever in a statement filed pursuant to this section willfully makes any false statement or willfully omits to state any fact which is required to be stated, or which is necessary to make the statements made not misleading, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
Section consolidates sections 14—17 of title 18 , U. Words "upon conviction" which preceded "be subject" were omitted as surplusage, as punishment cannot otherwise be imposed.
Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both, and shall be ineligible for employment by the United States or any department or agency thereof, for the five years next following his conviction. Section consolidates sections 9, 11, and 13 of title 18 , U. The revised section extends the provisions so as to include the Coast Guard Reserve in its coverage. Words "upon conviction thereof" were omitted as unnecessary, as punishment cannot be imposed until conviction is secured.
Reference to conspiracy to commit any of the prohibited acts was omitted as covered by the general law incorporated in section of this title. This section [section 46] inserts the words, "Air Force," in subsection b of section of title 18 , U. Act May 24, , made section applicable to the Air Force. For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the Secretary of Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see sections b , d , d , and of Title 6 , Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, , as modified, set out as a note under section of Title 6.
A conviction of treason must be based either on an admission of guilt in open court or on the testimony of two witnesses. Congress may set the punishment, but it must be directed only at the guilty person and not at his or her friends or family if they were not involved in the crime. The Text Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort.
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