# § 2384. Seditious conspiracy
If two or more persons in any State or Territory, or in any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, conspire to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the Government of the United States, or to levy war against them, or to oppose by force the authority thereof, or by force to prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any law of the United States, or by force to seize, take, or possess any property of the United States contrary to the authority thereof, they shall each 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. 808; July 24, 1956, ch. 678, § 1, 70 Stat. 623; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(N), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2148.)
### Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 6 (, ).
## Editorial Notes
### Amendments
1994— substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $20,000”.
1956—Act , substituted “$20,000” for “$5,000”, and “twenty years” for “six years”.
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Effective Date of 1956 Amendment
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