An Act to amend chapter 35 of title 18. United States Code, with respect to the escape or attempted escape of juvenile delinquents.
PL 88-251 (S.1319), enacted 12/30/1963

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PUBLIC LAW 88-251-DEC. 30, 1963 
[77 STAT. 
not limited to the payment of salaries, administrative expenses, and 
the conduct of research activities) related directly or indirectly to the 
establishment of a national service corps or similar domestic peace 
corps type of program. 
Short title. 
This Act may be cited as the "Department of Agriculture and Re-
lated Agencies Appropriation Act, 1964". 
Approved December 30, 1963. 
Public Law 88-251 
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December 30, 1963 
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To aniiMuI chairfpr 35 <
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or atterapte<l escape of jjivenile delinquents. 
Be it eMOcted by the Semite and llouMe oi lievresentativeK 
of the 
Juvenile deiin- United iStafex of Amer'wa in (JongreHH o,H><einhled, That section 751 of 
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symbol " ( a ) " at the beginning thereof, ana by adding, inmiediately 
following subsection (a) of such section as hereby so designated, 
a new subsection to read as follows: 
"(b) Whoever escapes or attempts to escape from the custody of 
the Attorney (reneral or his authorized representative, or from any 
institution in which he is confined by direction of the Attorney (ien-
eral, or from any custody under or by virtue of any process issued 
under the laws of the Fnited States by any court, judge, or com-
missioner, or from the custody of an officer or employee of the United 
States pursuant to lawful arrest, shall, if the custody or confinement 
is by virtue of a lawful arrest for a violation of any law of the United 
States not punishable by death or life imprisonment and committed 
before such person's eighteenth birthday, and as to whom the 
Attorney General has not specifically directed the institution of 
criminal proceedings, or by virtue of a commitment as a juvenile 
62 Stat. 858; 
delinquent under section 5034 of this title, be fined not more than 
76 Stat. 52. 
$1,000 or iuiprisoued not more than one year, or both. 
Nothing 
herein contained shall be construed to affect the discretionary author-
62 Stat. 857. 
Ity vestcd in the Attorney General pursuant to section 5032 of this 
title." 
62 Stat. 735. 
SEC. 2. Sectiou 752 of such title is amendetl by inserting the sub-
section symbol " ( a ) " at the beginning thereof, and by adding, inmie-
diately following subsection (a) of such section as hei'eby so desig-
nated, a new subsection to read as follows: 
"(b) Whoever rescues or attempts to rescue or instigates, aids, or 
assists the escape or attempted escape of any person in the custody of 
the Attorney (reneral or his authorized representative, or of any per-
son arrested upon a warrant or other process issued under any law 
of the United States or from any institution in which he is confined 
by direction of the Attorney General, shall, if the custody or confine-
ment is by virtue of a lawful arrest for a violation of any law of the 
United States not punishable by death or life imprisonment and com-
mitted before such person's eighteenth birthday, and as to whom the 
Attorney General nas not specifically directed the institution of 
criminal proceedings, or by virtue of a commitment as a juvenile 
delinquent under section 6034 of this title, be fined not more than 
$1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both." 
Approved December 30, 1963.