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Title 18
Part I
Chapter 95
Chapter 93 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND...
§ 1952. Interstate and foreign t...
Chapter 93 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND...
§ 1952. Interstate and foreign t...
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§ 1951.
Interference with commerce by threats or violence
(a)
Whoever in any way or degree obstructs, delays, or affects commerce or the movement of any article or commodity in commerce, by robbery or extortion or attempts or conspires so to do, or commits or threatens physical violence to any person or property in furtherance of a plan or purpose to do anything in violation of this section shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.
(b)
As used in this section—
(1)
The term “robbery” means the unlawful taking or obtaining of personal property from the person or in the presence of another, against his will, by means of actual or threatened force, or violence, or fear of injury, immediate or future, to his person or property, or property in his custody or possession, or the person or property of a relative or member of his family or of anyone in his company at the time of the taking or obtaining.
(2)
The term “extortion” means the obtaining of property from another, with his consent, induced by wrongful use of actual or threatened force, violence, or fear, or under color of official right.
(3)
The term “commerce” means commerce within the District of Columbia, or any Territory or Possession of the United States; all commerce between any point in a State, Territory, Possession, or the District of Columbia and any point outside thereof; all commerce between points within the same State through any place outside such State; and all other commerce over which the United States has jurisdiction.
(c)
This section shall not be construed to repeal, modify or affect
section 17 of Title 15
, sections 52, 101–115, 151–166 of Title 29 or sections 151–188 of Title 45.
(
June 25, 1948, ch. 645
,
62 Stat. 793
;
Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(L)
,
Sept. 13, 1994
,
108 Stat. 2147
.)
cite as:
18 USC 1951
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