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PUBLIC LAW 92-539-OCT. 24, 1972

[86 STAT.

TITLE II—KIDNAPING 62 Stat. 760; 70 Stat. 1043.

SEC. 201. Seotion 1201 of title 18, United States Code, is amended ^^ ^.g^d as follows: "§120L Kidnaping " (a) Whoever unlawfully seizes, confines, inveigles, decoys, kidnaps, abducts, or carries awai^ and holds for ransom or reward or otherwise any person, except in the case of a minor by the parent thereof, when: "(1) the person is willfully transported in interstate or foreign commerce; "(2) any such act against the person is done within the special ^^ ••;• ' maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States; ' ' ^' "*' " (3) any such act against the person is done within the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States as defined in section 101 (32) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, as amended (49 U.S.C. 84 Stat. 921. 1301(32)); Or " (4) the person is a foreign official as defined in section 1116(b) Ante, p. 1071. ^^ ^^ official guest as defined in section 1116(c)(4) of this title, Penalty. shall be punished by imprisonment for any term of years or for life. "(b) With respect to subsection (a)(1), above, the failure to release the victim within twenty-four hours after he shall have been unlawfully seized, confined, inveigled, decoyed, kidnaped, abducted, or carried away shall create a rebuttable presumption that such person has been transported in interstate or foreign commerce. "(c) If two or more persons conspire to violate this section and one or more of such persons do any overt act to effect the object of the conspiracy, each shall be punished by imprisonment for any term of years or for life." SEC. 202. The analysis of chapter 55 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by deleting "1201. Transportation.", and substituting the following: "1201. Kidnaping." - -.. 78 Stat. 610.

TITLE III - PROTECTION OF FOREIGN OFFICIALS AND OF F I C I A L GUESTS

SEC. 301. Section 112 of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "§ 112. Protection of foreign officials and official guests Offenses and " (a) Whoevcr assaults, strikes, wounds, imprisons, or offers violence penalties. ^ ^ forcigu official or official guest shall be fined not more than $5,000, or imprisoned not more than three years, or both. Whoever in the commission of any such act uses a deadly or dangerous weapon shall be fined not more than $10,000, or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. "(b) Whoever willfully intimidates, coerces, threatens, or harasses '" a foreign official or an official guest, or willfully obstructs a foreign official m the performance of his duties, shall be fined not more than $500, or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. Demonstrations. "((.) WhoeveT within the United States but outside the District of Columbia and within one hundred feet of any building or premises belonging to or used or occupied by a foreign government or by a foreign official for diplomatic or consular purposes, or as a mission to

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