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§ 2188. Jumping on or off train; riding on roof, platform, appliances or projections

Whoever, other than a member of a train crew, or a transportation official or employee engaged in the performance of his duties:

(1) jumps on or off a railroad locomotive, car, or train while it is in motion; or

(2) rides on the roof of a car of a railroad train, or on the platform, coupling, or any other appliance or projection on the outside of the car

shall, for each offense, be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both.

§ 2189. Overcharges by agents of common carriers

Whoever, being an officer, agent or employee of a railroad company or other common carrier, asks or receives a greater sum than is allowed by law for the carriage of passengers or freight, shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both.

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2221. Rape defined.

CHAPTER 107-RAPE

2222. Proof of physical ability where defendant under fourteen.

2223. Gist of offense; penetration sufficient.

2224. Punishment for rape.

§ 2221. Rape defined

Rape is an act of sexual intercourse accomplished with a female not the wife of the perpetrator, where the female:

(1) is under the age of 16 years;

(2) is incapable, through unsoundness of mind, whether temporary or permanent, of giving legal consent;

(3) is prevented from resisting by threats of great and immediate bodily harm, accompanied by apparent power of execution, or by any intoxicating, narcotic or anaesthetic substance, administered by or with the privity of the accused;

(4) resists, but her resistance is overcome by force or violence; (5) is at the time unconscious of the nature of the act, and this is known to the accused; or

(6) submits under the belief that the person committing the act is her husband, and this belief is induced by any artifice, pretense or concealment practiced by the accused, with intent to induce the belief.

8 2222. Proof of physical ability where defendant under fourteen Conviction for rape may not be had against one who was under the age of 14 years at the time of the act alleged, unless his physical ability to accomplish penetration is proved as an independent fact and beyond a reasonable doubt.

§ 2223. Gist of offense; penetration sufficient

The essential guilt of rape consists in the outrage to the person and feelings of the female. Any sexual penetration, however slight, is sufficient to complete the crime.

§ 2224. Punishment for rape

(a) Except as provided by subsections (b) and (c) of this section, rape is punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary for any term of years or for life.

(b) If the offense is under paragraph (1) of section 2221 of this title, it is punishable either by imprisonment in jail for not more than one year or by imprisonment in the penitentiary for any term of years or for life.

(c) In a prosecution pursuant to paragraph (1) of section 2221 of this title, if the defendant is convicted by a jury, the jury shall recommend by their verdict whether the punishment shall be by imprisonment in jail or in the penitentiary; or, if he pleads guilty of the offense, or is tried by the court without a jury and found guilty thereof, the punishment shall be, in the discretion of the court, by imprisonment either in jail for not more than one year or in the penitentiary for any term of years or for life.

CHAPTER 109-RECORDS, DOCUMENTS AND REPORTS

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2251. Theft. destruction, falsification, mutilation or removal of record by officer having custody.

2252. Theft, destruction, falsification, mutilation or removal of record by private person.

2253. Defacing or destroying posted copies of laws or notifications.

§ 2251. Theft, destruction, falsification, mutilation or removal of record by officer having custody

Whoever, being an officer having the custody of a record, map, or book, or of a paper or proceeding of a court filed or deposited in a public office or placed in his hands for any purpose:

(1) steals, willfully and unlawfully destroys, mutilates, defaces, alters, falsifies, removes, or secretes the whole or any part of record, map, book, paper, or proceeding; or

(2) permits another person to commit any of the acts specified by paragraph (1) of this section

shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than 10 years, or both.

§ 2252. Theft, destruction, falsification, mutilation or removal of record by private person

Whoever, not being an officer referred to in section 2251 of this title, commits any of the acts described in that section, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000, or by imprisonment in jail for not more than one year or in the penitentiary for not more than five years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

§ 2253. Defacing or destroying posted copies of laws or notifi

cations

Whoever intentionally defaces, obliterates, tears down or destroys a copy, transcript, or extract from or of a law of the United States or of the Canal Zone, or a proclamation, advertisement or notification set up at any place in the Canal Zone, by authority of a law of the United States or of the Canal Zone, or by order of a court, before the expiration of the time for which it was to remain set up, shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both.

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CHAPTER 111-RIOTS, ROUTS AND UNLAWFUL
ASSEMBLIES

2281. Definitions.

2282. Punishment for participation in riot, rout or unlawful assembly.
2283. Remaining at place of riot, rout or unlawful assembly.
2284. Officials neglecting to disperse unlawful or riotous assembly.
2285. Refusal to disperse upon lawful command.

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(1) disturbance of the public peace by the use of force or violence; or

(2) threat or attempt to disturb the public peace by the use of force or violence, when accompanied by immediate power of execution

by two or more persons acting together and without lawful authority; "rout" means an assembly of two or more persons who act together in making an attempt or advance toward the commission of an act which would be a riot if actually committed; and

"unlawful assembly" means an assembly of two or more persons who assemble together to do an unlawful act and separate without doing or advancing toward it, or do a lawful act in a violent, boisterous or tumultuous manner.

§ 2282. Punishment for participation in riot, rout or unlawful assembly

(a) Whoever participates in a riot shall be fined not more than $2,000 or imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than two years, or both.

(b) Whoever participates in a rout shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned in jail not more than 180 days, or both.

(c) Whoever participates in an unlawful assembly shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both. § 2283. Remaining at place of riot, rout or unlawful assembly

(a) Whoever remains at the place of a riot, rout, or unlawful assembly, after the persons assembled have been lawfully warned to disperse, shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both.

(b) Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to public or peace officers and persons assisting them in attempting to disperse the persons assembled.

§ 2284. Officials neglecting to disperse unlawful or riotous

assembly

Whoever, being a public or peace officer, and having notice of a riotous or unlawful assembly, mentioned in this chapter, neglects to proceed to the place of assembly or as near thereto as he can proceed with safety, and to exercise the authority with which he is invested for suppressing it and arresting the offenders, shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both. § 2285. Refusal to disperse upon lawful command

If two or more persons assemble for the purpose of disturbing the public peace or committing an unlawful act, and do not disperse on being desired or commanded so to do by a public or peace officer, each of the persons so offending shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both.

CHAPTER 113-ROADS, BRIDGES, FERRIES, PIERS AND DOCKS

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2321. Throwing injurious substances on highways.

2322. Removal of, or injuries to, highway guideposts.

2323. Removal of, or injury to, bridge, viaduct, culvert, pier or dock.

2324. Charging toll without lawful authority.

2325. Failure to keep and attend ferry.

§ 2321. Throwing injurious substances on highways

Whoever throws or deposits any glass bottle, glass, nails, tacks, hoops, wire, cans or any other substance likely to injure a person, animal or vehicle, upon a highway, shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both.

§ 2322. Removal of, or injuries to, highway guideposts

Whoever removes, destroys, injures, breaks, or defaces a mile board, post or stone, or guidepost, or any inscription thereon, erected upon or near a highway, shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both.

§ 2323. Removal of, or injury to, bridge, viaduct, culvert, pier or dock

Whoever maliciously digs up, removes, displaces, or otherwise injures, destroys or obstructs a bridge, viaduct, culvert, pier, or dock shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than 10 years, or both.

§ 2324. Charging toll without lawful authority

Whoever, without authority of law:

(1) demands or receives compensation for the use of a bridge or ferry; or

(2) sets up or keeps a road, bridge or ferry or constructed ford for the purpose of receiving any remuneration for the use there

of

shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both.

§ 2325. Failure to keep and attend ferry

Whoever, having entered into an undertaking to keep and attend a ferry, violates the conditions of the undertaking, shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both.

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CHAPTER 115-ROBBERY

2361. Definition of, and punishment for, robbery. 2362. Fear as element in robbery.

§ 2361. Definition of, and punishment for, robbery

Whoever, by means of force or fear, feloniously takes personal property in the possession of another, from his person or immediate presence and against his will, is guilty of robbery, and shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than 20 years.

§ 2362. Fear as element in robbery

The fear referred to in section 2361 of this title may be the fear of

an:

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(1) unlawful injury to the person or property of the person robbed or of a relative of his, or member of his family; or

(2) immediate and unlawful injury to the person or property of anyone in the company of the person robbed at the time of the robbery.

CHAPTER 117-SEDUCTION

2391. Seduction under promise of marriage. 2392. Intermarriage as bar to prosecution.

§ 2391. Seduction under promise of marriage

Whoever, under promise of marriage, seduces and has sexual intercourse with an unmarried female of previous good reputation for chastity, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than five years, or both.

§ 2392. Intermarriage as bar to prosecution

The intermarriage of the parties prior to the trial is a bar to prosecution for a violation of section 2391 of this title.

CHAPTER 119-SEPULTURE

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2421. Mutilation or removal of human remains.

2422. Removal of human remains for sale or dissection.

2423. Defacing or injuring tombs, monuments, or cemetery property. 2424. Interment or disposal of human remains outside cemetery.

§ 2421. Mutilation or removal of human remains

(a) Whoever, without authority of law, mutilates, disinters or removes from the place of interment any human remains, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than five years, or both.

(b) Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to a person who lawfully removes the remains of a relative or friend for reinterment. § 2422. Removal of human remains for sale or dissection

Whoever removes any part of any human remains from a grave or other place where it has been buried, or from a place where it is deposited while awaiting burial, with intent to sell it or to dissect it, without authority of law, or from malice or wantonness, shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than five years.

§ 2423. Defacing or injuring tombs, monuments, or cemetery property

(a) Whoever unlawfully or without right willfully:

(1) destroys, cuts, mutilates, breaks, effaces, defaces, or otherwise injures, tears down, or removes a tomb, gravestone, monument, memorial, or marker in a cemetery, or a gate, door, fence, wall, post or railing, or an enclosure for the protection of a cemetery or any property in a cemetery;

(2) obliterates a grave, vault, niche, or crypt;

(3) destroys, cuts, breaks, or injures a building, statue, ornamentation, tree, shrub, or plant within the limits of a cemetery;

or

(4) disturbs, obstructs, detains, or interferes with a person carrying or accompanying human remains to a cemetery or funeral establishment, or engaged in a funeral service, or an in

terment

shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both.

(b) Paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) of subsection (a) of this section do not apply to the removal or unavoidable breakage or injury, by a cemetery official or employee acting under lawful authority, of anything placed in or upon a portion of a cemetery in violation of an order, rule or regulation issued under lawful authority, nor to the removal of anything, placed in a cemetery by or with the consent of an official or employee authorized to give consent, which has become in a wrecked, unsightly, or dilapidated condition.

§ 2424. Interment or disposal of human remains outside ceme

tery

Whoever, except with the permission of the Governor, buries, inters, or otherwise disposes of, any human remains, in any place other than in a cemetery or place of burial existing under the laws of the Canal Zone and in which interments are or have been made, shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both.

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