                 TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                             PART I--CRIMES
 
                      CHAPTER 35--ESCAPE AND RESCUE
 
Sec. 756. Internee of belligerent nation

    Whoever, within the jurisdiction of the United States, aids or 
entices any person belonging to the armed forces of a belligerent nation 
or faction who is interned in the United States in accordance with the 
law of nations, to escape or attempt to escape from the jurisdiction of 
the United States or from the limits of internment prescribed, shall be 
fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 735; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, 
Sec. 330016(1)(H), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147; Pub. L. 104-132, 
title VII, Sec. 705(a)(3), Apr. 24, 1996, 110 Stat. 1295.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 37 (June 15, 1917, ch. 30, 
title V, Sec. 7, 40 Stat. 223).
    Section was divided. Remaining provisions relating to arrest appear 
in section 3058 of this title.
    Minor changes in phraseology were made.


                               Amendments

    1996--Pub. L. 104-132 substituted ``five years'' for ``one year''.
    1994--Pub. L. 103-322 substituted ``fined under this title'' for 
``fined not more than $1,000''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 14 of this title; title 22 
section 465.
