Public Law 232.

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(/us/pl/73/231)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That whoever,Extortion messages in interstate commerce. with intent to extort from any person, firm, association, or corporation any money or other thing of value, shall transmit in interstate commerce, by any means whatsoever, any threat

(1)to injure the person, property, or reputation of any person, or the reputation of a deceased person, or

(2)to kidnap any person, or

(3)to accuse any person of a crime, or

(4)containing any demand or request for a ransom or reward for the release of any kidnaped person, shallPunishment for transmitting. upon conviction be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both: *Provided*, That the term “interstate*Provisos*.“Interstate commerce” defined.Mailing threatening communications. commerce” shall include communication from one State, Territory, or the District of Columbia, to another State, Territory, or the District of Columbia: *Provided further*, That nothing herein shallVol. 47, p. 649;[U. S. C., Supp. VII, p. 349](/us/usc/p349). amend or repeal section 33'8a, title 18, United States Code (47 Stat. 649). Approved, May 18, 1934. To amend the Act forbidding the transportation of kidnaped persons in interstate commerce. 1934-05-18 301 Chapter 48 Stat. 781 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2024-12-11 73 2 public [CHAPTER 301.] AN ACT To amend the Act forbidding the transportation of kidnaped persons in interstate commerce.May 18, 1934.[[S. 2252](/us/bill/73/s/2252)][[Public, No. 232](/us/pl/73/232)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Act ofFederal Kidnaping Act, amended.Vol. 47, p. 326; [U. S. C., Supp. VII, p. 351](/us/usc/p351). June 22, 1932 (U.S.C., ch. 271, title 18, sec. 408a), be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows: " “Whoever shall knowingly transport or cause to be transported,Transporting kidnaped person and holding for ransom. or aid or abet in transporting, in interstate or foreign commerce, any person who shall have been unlawfully seized, confined, inveigled, decoyed, kidnaped, abducted, or carried away by any means whatsoever and held for ransom or reward or otherwise, except, in theMinor by a parent excepted. case of a minor, by a parent thereof, shall, upon conviction, be punished

(1)by death if the verdict of the jury shall so recommend,Penalties. provided that the sentence of death shall not be imposed by the court if, prior to its imposition, the kidnaped person has been liberated unharmed, or

(2)if the death penalty shall not apply nor be imposed the convicted person shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for such term of years as the court in its discretion shall determine: *Provided*, That the failure to release such*Proviso*.Presumption on failure to release person within seven days. person within seven days after he shall have been unlawfully seized, confined, inveigled, decoyed, kidnaped, abducted, or carried away 782shall create a presumption that such person has been transported in interstate or foreign commerce, but such presumption shall not be conclusive. “Sec. 2. “Interstate or foreign commerce” defined. The term ‘interstate or foreign commerce’ as used herein, shall include transportation from one State, Territory, or the District of Columbia to another State, Territory, or the District of Columbia, or to a foreign country, or from a foreign country to any State, Territory, or the District of Columbia. “Sec. 3. Punishment for conspiracy to violate provisions herein. If two or more persons enter into an agreement, confederation, or conspiracy to violate the provisions of the foregoing Act and do any overt act toward carrying out such unlawful agreement, confederation, or conspiracy, such person or persons shall be punished in like manner as hereinbefore provided by this Act.” " Approved, May 18, 1934. Making it unlawful for any person to flee from one State to another for the purpose of avoiding prosecution or the giving of testimony in certain cases. 1934-05-18 302 Chapter 48 Stat. 782 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2024-12-11 73 2 public [CHAPTER 302.] AN ACT Making it unlawful for any person to flee from one State to another for the purpose of avoiding prosecution or the giving of testimony in certain cases.May 18, 1934.[[S. 2253](/us/bill/73/s/2253)][

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