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18 U.S.C. § 114 — Maiming within maritime and territorial jurisdiction

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18 U.S.C. § 114 — Maiming within maritime and territorial jurisdiction

Whoever, within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, and with intent to torture (as defined in section 2340), maim, or disfigure, cuts, bites, or slits the nose, ear, or lip, or cuts out or disables the tongue, or puts out or destroys an eye, or cuts off or disables a limb or any member of another person; or

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Whoever, within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, and with intent to torture (as defined in section 2340), maim, or disfigure, cuts, bites, or slits the nose, ear, or lip, or cuts out or disables the tongue, or puts out or destroys an eye, or cuts off or disables a limb or any member of another person; or

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18 U.S.C. § 7 — Special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States defined

The term “special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States”, as used in this title, includes: (1) The high seas, any other waters within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States and out of the jurisdiction of any particular State, and any vessel belonging in whole or in part to the United States or any citizen thereof, or to any corporation created by or under the laws of the United States, or of any State, Territory, District, or possession thereof, when such vessel is within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States and out of the jurisdiction of any particular State. (2) Any vessel registered, licensed, or enrolled under the laws of the United States, and being on a voyage upon the waters of any of the Great Lakes, or any of the waters connecting them, or upon the Saint Lawrence River where the same constitutes the International Boundary Line. (3) Any lands reserved or acquired for the use of the United States, and under the exclusive or concurrent jurisdiction thereof, or any place purchased or otherwise acquired by the United States by consent of the legislature of the State in which the same shall be, for the erection of a fort, magazine, arsenal, dockyard, or other needful building. (4) Any island, rock, or key containing deposits of guano, which may, at the discretion of the President, be considered as appertaining to the United States. (5) Any aircraft belonging in whole or in part to the United States, or any citizen thereof, or to any corporation created by or under the laws of the United States, or any State, Territory, district, or possession thereof, while such aircraft is in flight over the high seas, or over any other waters within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States a

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42 U.S.C. § 2000dd — Prohibition on cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment of persons under custody or control of the United States Government

**(a) In general** No individual in the custody or under the physical control of the United States Government, regardless of nationality or physical location, shall be subject to cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment. **(b) Construction** Nothing in this section shall be construed to impose any geographical limitation on the applicability of the prohibition against cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment under this section. **(c) Limitation on supersedure** The provisions of this section shall not be superseded, except by a provision of law enacted after December 30, 2005, which specifically repeals, modifies, or supersedes the provisions of this section. **(d) Cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment defined** In this section, the term “cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment” means the cruel, unusual, and inhumane treatment or punishment prohibited by the Fifth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, as defined in the United States Reservations, Declarations and Understandings to the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Forms of Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment done at New York, December 10, 1984.

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18 U.S.C. § 114 — Maiming within maritime and territorial

Page 38 TITLE 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE § 114 1996—Pub. L. 104–294, § 604(b)(12)(B), repealed Pub. L. 103–322, § 320101(c)(1)(A), (2)(A). See 1994 Amendment note below. Pub. L. 104–294, § 604(b)(7), repealed Pub. L. 103–322, § 170201(c)(1)–(3). See 1994 Amendment note below. 1994—Pub. L. 103–322, § 330016(2)(B), substituted ‘‘a fine under this title’’ for ‘‘fine of not more than’’ through the immediately following dollar amount wherever ap- pearing. Pub. L. 103–322, § 320101(c), as amended by Pub. L. 104–294, § 604(b)(12)(B), which directed the amendment of subsec. (c) by substituting ‘‘ten years’’ for ‘‘five years’’ and the amendment of subsec. (e) by substituting ‘‘six months’’ for ‘‘three months’’, were executed by making the substitutions in subsecs. (a)(3) and (a)(5), respec- tively, to reflect the probable intent of Congress and the redesignation of subsecs. (c) and (e) as subsecs. (a)(3) and (a)(5), respectively. See below. Pub. L. 103–322, § 170201(a)–(d), as amended by Pub. L. 104–294, § 604(b)(7), designated existing provisions as sub- sec. (a), redesignated former subsecs. (a) to (f) as pars. (1) to (6), respectively of subsec. (a) and realigned mar- gins, inserted before period at end of par. (5) ‘‘, or if the victim of the assault is an individual who has not at- tained the age of 16 years, by fine under this title or imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or both’’, and added subsecs. (a)(7) and (b). 1986—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99–646, § 87(c)(2), and Pub. L. 99–654, § 3(a)(2), amended subsec. (a) identically, strik- ing out ‘‘or rape’’ after ‘‘murder’’. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99–646, § 87(c)(3), and Pub. L. 99–654, § 3(a)(3), amended subsec. (b) identically, sub- stituting ‘‘a felony under chapter 109A’’ for ‘‘rape’’. 1976—Sub

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