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18 USC § 3288 - Indictments and information dismissed after period of limitations
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 828; Pub. L. 88–139, § 2,Oct. 16, 1963, 77 Stat. 248; Pub. L. 88–520, § 1,Aug. 30, 1964, 78 Stat. 699; Pub. L. 100–690, title VII, § 7081(a),Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4407.)
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §§ 556a, 587, 589 (Apr. 30, 1934, ch. 170, § 1,48 Stat. 648; May 10, 1934, ch. 278, §§ 1, 3,48 Stat. 772; July 10, 1940, ch. 567, 54 Stat. 747).
1988—Pub. L. 100–690, in section catchline, substituted “Indictments and information dismissed after period of limitations” for “Indictment where defect found after period of limitations”, and in text, substituted “Whenever an indictment or information charging a felony is dismissed for any reason” for “Whenever an indictment is dismissed for any error, defect, or irregularity with respect to the grand jury, or an indictment or information filed after the defendant waives in open court prosecution by indictment is found otherwise defective or insufficient for any cause,”, inserted “, or, in the event of an appeal, within 60 days of the date the dismissal of the indictment or information becomes final” after “dismissal of the indictment or information”, and inserted provisions which prohibited filing of new indictment or information where reason for dismissal was failure to file within period prescribed or some other reason that would bar a new prosecution.
1964—Pub. L. 88–520substituted “Indictment” for “Reindictment” in section catchline, included indictments or informations filed after the defendant waives in open court prosecution by indictment which are dismissed for any error, defect, or irregularity, or are otherwise found defective or insufficient, and substituted provisions authorizing the return of a new indictment in the appropriate jurisdiction within six calendar months of the date of the dismissal of the indictment or information, or, if no regular grand jury is in session when the indictment or information is dismissed, within six calendar months of the date when the next grand jury is convened, for provisions which authorized the return of a new indictment not later than the end of the next succeeding regular session of the court, following the session at which the indictment was found defective or insufficient, during which a grand jury shall be in session.