18 USC § 114 - Maiming within maritime and territorial jurisdiction

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identifier: "/us/usc/t18/s114"
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title: "18 USC § 114 - Maiming within maritime and territorial jurisdiction"
title_number: 18
title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "114"
section_name: "Maiming within maritime and territorial jurisdiction"
chapter_number: 7
chapter_name: "ASSAULT"
part_number: "I"
part_name: "CRIMES"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 689; May 24, 1949, ch. 139, § 3, 63 Stat. 90; Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 1009A, Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2141; Pub. L. 101–647, title XXXV, § 3507, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4922; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(O), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2148; Pub. L. 104–132, title VII, § 705(a)(1), Apr. 24, 1996, 110 Stat. 1295.)"
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# § 114. Maiming within maritime and territorial jurisdiction

Whoever, within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, and with intent to torture (as defined in section 2340), maim, or disfigure, cuts, bites, or slits the nose, ear, or lip, or cuts out or disables the tongue, or puts out or destroys an eye, or cuts off or disables a limb or any member of another person; or

Whoever, within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, and with like intent, throws or pours upon another person, any scalding water, corrosive acid, or caustic substance—

Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.

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**Source Credit**: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 689; May 24, 1949, ch. 139, § 3, 63 Stat. 90; Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 1009A, Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2141; Pub. L. 101–647, title XXXV, § 3507, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4922; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(O), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2148; Pub. L. 104–132, title VII, § 705(a)(1), Apr. 24, 1996, 110 Stat. 1295.)

### Historical and Revision Notes

### 1948 Act

Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 462 (, ).

The words “within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, and” were added to preserve jurisdictional limitation provided for by , U.S.C., 1940 ed., now . (See reviser’s note thereunder.)

Changes in phraseology were made.

### 1949 Act

This section [section 3] corrects a typographical error in , U.S.C.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1996— substituted “torture (as defined in section 2340), maim, or disfigure” for “maim or disfigure”.

1994— substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $25,000”.

1990— substituted “or imprisoned” for “and imprisoned”.

1984— substituted “and imprisoned” for “or imprisoned” and provisions raising maximum fine from $1,000 to $25,000 and raising maximum term of imprisonment from seven years to twenty years.

1949—Act , corrected spelling of “maim”.