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21 USC Sec. 959 01/22/02
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TITLE 21 - FOOD AND DRUGS
CHAPTER 13 - DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION
AND CONTROL
SUBCHAPTER II - IMPORT AND
EXPORT
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Sec. 959. Possession, manufacture,
or distribution of controlled substance
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(a) Manufacture
or distribution for purpose of unlawful importation It
shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture or distribute a
controlled substance in schedule I or II or flunitrazepam or listed
chemical -
(1) intending that such substance
or chemical will be unlawfully imported into the United States or into waters
within a distance of 12 miles of the coast of the United States; or
(2) knowing that such substance
or chemical will be unlawfully imported
into the United States or into waters within a distance of
12 miles of the coast of the United States.
(b) Possession,
manufacture, or distribution by person on board aircraft
It shall be unlawful for any United
States citizen on board any aircraft,
or any person on board an aircraft owned by a United States
citizen or registered in the United States, to -
(1) manufacture or distribute
a controlled substance or listed chemical;
or
(2) possess a controlled substance
or listed chemical with intent
to distribute.
(c) Acts committed
outside territorial jurisdiction of United States;
venue
This section is intended to
reach acts of manufacture or distribution
committed outside the territorial jurisdiction of the United
States. Any person who violates this section shall be tried in
the United States district court at the point of entry where such
person enters the United States, or in the United States District
Court for the District of Columbia.
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(Pub. L. 91-513, title III, Sec.
1009, Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1289;
Pub. L. 99-570, title III, Sec. 3161(a), Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat.
3207-94; Pub. L. 104-237, title I, Sec. 102(a), (b), Oct. 3, 1996,
110 Stat. 3100; Pub. L. 104-305, Sec. 2(b)(2)(A), Oct. 13, 1996,
110 Stat. 3807.)
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REFERENCES IN TEXT
Schedules I and II, referred to
in subsec. (a), are set out in section 812(c) of
this title.
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AMENDMENTS
1996 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104-305
inserted ''or flunitrazepam'' after
''schedule I or II'' in introductory provisions.
Pub. L. 104-237, Sec. 102(a), inserted
''or listed chemical'' after
''schedule I or II'' in introductory provisions and ''or chemical''
after ''substance'' in pars. (1) and (2).
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104-237, Sec.
102(b), inserted ''or listed chemical''
after ''controlled substance'' in pars. (1) and (2).
1986 - Pub. L. 99-570 designated
first sentence as subsec. (a) and
inserted ''or into waters within a distance of 12 miles of the coast
of the United States'' in pars. (1) and (2), added subsec. (b),
and designated last two sentences as subsec. (c).
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SECTION REFERRED
TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in
section 960 of this title; title 18 sections 5032,
5038; title 28 section 994.
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