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18 U.S.C. § 3242 — Indians committing certain offenses; acts on reservations
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All Indians committing any offense listed in the first paragraph of and punishable under section 1153 (relating to offenses committed within Indian country) of this title shall be tried in the same courts and in the same manner as are all other persons committing such offense within the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States.
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All Indians committing any offense listed in the first paragraph of and punishable under section 1153 (relating to offenses committed within Indian country) of this title shall be tried in the same courts and in the same manner as are all other persons committing such offense within the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States.
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**(a)** Any Indian who commits against the person or property of another Indian or other person any of the following offenses, namely, murder, manslaughter, kidnapping, maiming, a felony under chapter 109A, incest, a felony assault under section 113, an assault against an individual who has not attained the age of 16 years, felony child abuse or neglect, arson, burglary, robbery, and a felony under [section 661 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section661&num=0&edition=prelim) within the Indian country, shall be subject to the same law and penalties as all other persons committing any of the above offenses, within the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States.
**(b)** Any offense referred to in subsection (a) of this section that is not defined and punished by Federal law in force within the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States shall be defined and punished in accordance with the laws of the State in which such offense was committed as are in force at the time of such offense.
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TITLE 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
§ 3242
1958—Pub. L. 85–508 struck out provisions which re-
lated to the District Court for the Territory of Alaska.
See section 81A of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Pro-
cedure, which establishes a United States District
Court for the State of Alaska.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1958 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 85–508 effective Jan. 3, 1959, on
admission of Alaska into the Union pursuant to Proc.
No. 3269, Jan. 3, 1959, 24 F.R. 81, 73 Stat. c16, as required
by sections 1 and 8(c) of Pub. L. 85–508, see notes set out
under section 81A of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial
Procedure, and preceding former section 21 of Title 48,
Territories and Insular Possessions.
§ 3242. Indians committing certain offenses; acts
on reservations
All Indians committing any offense listed in
the first paragraph of and punishable under sec-
tion 1153 (relating to offenses committed within
Indian country) of this title shall be tried in the
same courts and in the same manner as are all
other persons committing such offense within
the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 827; May 24, 1949,
ch. 139, § 51, 63 Stat. 96; Pub. L. 89–707, § 2, Nov.
2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1101; Pub. L. 94–297, § 4, May 29,
1976, 90 Stat. 586.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
1948 ACT
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 548 (Mar. 4, 1909,
ch. 321, § 328, 35 Stat. 1151; June 1932, ch. 284, 47 Stat.
337).
The provisions defining rape in accordance with the
law of the State and prescribing imprisonment at the
discretion of the court for rape by an Indian upon an
Indian are now included in section 1153 of this title.
(See also section 6 of this title.)
Section 549 of sai
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