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18 U.S.C. § 3238 — Offenses not committed in any district
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The trial of all offenses begun or committed upon the high seas, or elsewhere out of the jurisdiction of any particular State or district, shall be in the district in which the offender, or any one of two or more joint offenders, is arrested or is first brought; but if such offender or offenders are not so arrested or brought into any district, an indictment or information may be filed in the district of the last known residence of the offender or of any one of two or more joint offenders, or if no such residence is known the indictment or information may be filed in the District of Columbia.
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The trial of all offenses begun or committed upon the high seas, or elsewhere out of the jurisdiction of any particular State or district, shall be in the district in which the offender, or any one of two or more joint offenders, is arrested or is first brought; but if such offender or offenders are not so arrested or brought into any district, an indictment or information may be filed in the district of the last known residence of the offender or of any one of two or more joint offenders, or if no such residence is known the indictment or information may be filed in the District of Columbia.
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Michigan is divided into two judicial districts to be known as the Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan.
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**(a)** Except as otherwise expressly provided by enactment of Congress, any offense against the United States begun in one district and completed in another, or committed in more than one district, may be inquired of and prosecuted in any district in which such offense was begun, continued, or completed.Any offense involving the use of the mails, transportation in interstate or foreign commerce, or the importation of an object or person into the United States is a continuing offense and, except as otherwise expressly provided by enactment of Congress, may be inquired of and prosecuted in any district from, through, or into which such commerce, mail matter, or imported object or person moves.
**(b)** Notwithstanding subsection (a), where an offense is described in section 7203 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or where venue for prosecution of an offense described in section 7201 or 7206(1), (2), or (5) of such Code (whether or not the offense is also described in another provision of law) is based solely on a mailing to the Internal Revenue Service, and prosecution is begun in a judicial district other than the judicial district in which the defendant resides, he may upon motion filed in the district in which the prosecution is begun, elect to be tried in the district in which he was residing at the time the alleged offense was committed: Provided, That the motion is filed within twenty days after arraignment of the defendant upon indictment or information.
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Whoever, acting or claiming to act in any office or capacity under the United States, or a State, without lawful authority grants, issues, or verifies any passport or other instrument in the nature of a passport to or for any person whomsoever; or
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**(a) In general** The Secretary and the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating—
(1) shall administer and enforce this chapter and any regulations issued under this chapter; and
(2) may request and utilize on a reimbursed or nonreimbursed basis the assistance, services, personnel, equipment, and facilities of other Federal departments and agencies in the administration and enforcement of this chapter.
**(b) Secretarial actions** The Secretary and the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall prevent any person from violating this chapter with respect to fishing activities or the conservation of fisheries resources in the Convention Area in the same manner, by the same means, and with the same jurisdiction, powers, and duties as though sections 308 through 311 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act ([16 U.S.C. 1858](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1858&num=0&edition=prelim), 1859, 1860, and 1861) were incorporated into and made a part of this chapter. Any person that violates this chapter is subject to the penalties and entitled to the privileges and immunities provided in the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act ([16 U.S.C. 1801](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1801&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) in the same manner, by the same means, and with the same jurisdiction, power, and duties as though sections 308 through 311 of that Act ([16 U.S.C. 1858](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1858&num=0&edition=prelim), 1859, 1860, and 1861) were incorporated into and made a part of this chapter.
**(c) Jurisdiction of the courts**
(1) **In general**
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**(a) Responsibility** This chapter, and any regulations or permits issued under this chapter, shall be enforced by the Secretary and the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating. Such Secretaries shall, and the head of any Federal or State agency that has entered into an agreement with either such Secretary under this section may (if the agreement so provides), authorize officers to enforce this chapter or any regulation promulgated under this chapter. Any officer so authorized may enforce this chapter in the same manner, by the same means, and with the same jurisdiction, powers, and duties as though section 311 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act ([16 U.S.C. 1861](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1861&num=0&edition=prelim)) were incorporated into and made a part of this chapter.
**(b) Administration and enforcement** The Secretary and the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall prevent any person from violating this chapter in the same manner, by the same means, and with the same jurisdiction, powers, and duties as though sections 308 through 311 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act ([16 U.S.C. 1858](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1858&num=0&edition=prelim) through 1861) were incorporated into and made a part of this chapter. Any person that violates this chapter shall be subject to the penalties, and entitled to the privileges and immunities, provided in the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act ([16 U.S.C. 1801](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1801&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) in the same manner and by th
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Whoever, being a citizen of the United States, without the limits thereof, fits out and arms, or attempts to fit out and arm or is concerned in furnishing, fitting out, or arming any private vessel of war or privateer, with intent that such vessel shall be employed to cruise or commit hostilities upon the citizens of the United States or their property; or
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Whoever willfully trespasses upon, injures, or destroys any of the works or property or material of any submarine mine or torpedo or fortification or harbor-defense system owned or constructed or in process of construction by the United States; or
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TITLE 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
§ 3237
the place where the injury was inflicted, or the
poison administered or other means employed
which caused the death, without regard to the
place where the death occurs.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 826.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 553 (Mar. 4, 1909,
ch. 321, § 336, 35 Stat. 1152).
§ 3237. Offenses begun in one district and com-
pleted in another
(a) Except as otherwise expressly provided by
enactment of Congress, any offense against the
United States begun in one district and com-
pleted in another, or committed in more than
one district, may be inquired of and prosecuted
in any district in which such offense was begun,
continued, or completed.
Any offense involving the use of the mails,
transportation in interstate or foreign com-
merce, or the importation of an object or person
into the United States is a continuing offense
and, except as otherwise expressly provided by
enactment of Congress, may be inquired of and
prosecuted in any district from, through, or into
which such commerce, mail matter, or imported
object or person moves.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), where an
offense is described in section 7203 of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986, or where venue for
prosecution of an offense described in section
7201 or 7206(1), (2), or (5) of such Code (whether or
not the offense is also described in another pro-
vision of law) is based solely on a mailing to the
Internal Revenue Service, and prosecution is
begun in a judicial district other than the judi-
cial district in which the defendant resides, he
may upon motion filed in the district in which
the prosecution is begun, elect to be tried in the
district in which he was resid
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