                 TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                       PART II--CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                        CHAPTER 213--LIMITATIONS
 
Sec. 3290. Fugitives from justice

    No statute of limitations shall extend to any person fleeing from 
justice.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 829.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on Title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 583 (R.S. Sec. 1045).
    Said section 583 was rephrased and made applicable to all statutes 
of limitation and is merely declaratory of the generally accepted rule 
of law.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 26 section 6531.
