{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/s4101","title":18,"num":"\u00a7\u202f4101.","heading":"Definitions","text":"\u00a7\u202f4101.\nDefinitions\nAs used in this chapter the term\u2014\n(a) \u201cdouble criminality\u201d means that at the time of transfer of an offender the offense for which he has been sentenced is still an offense in the transferring country and is also an offense in the receiving country. With regard to a country which has a federal form of government, an act shall be deemed to be an offense in that country if it is an offense under the federal laws or the laws of any state or province thereof;\n(b) \u201cimprisonment\u201d means a penalty imposed by a court under which the individual is confined to an institution;\n(c) \u201cjuvenile\u201d means\u2014\n(1) a person who is under eighteen years of age; or\n(2) for the purpose of proceedings and disposition under chapter 403 of this title because of an act of juvenile delinquency, a person who is under twenty-one years of age;\n(d) \u201cjuvenile delinquency\u201d means\u2014\n(1) a violation of the laws of the United States or a State thereof or of a foreign country committed by a juvenile which would have been a crime if committed by an adult; or\n(2) noncriminal acts committed by a juvenile for which supervision or treatment by juvenile authorities of the United States, a State thereof, or of the foreign country concerned is authorized;\n(e) \u201coffender\u201d means a person who has been convicted of an offense or who has been adjudged to have committed an act of juvenile delinquency;\n(f) \u201cparole\u201d means any form of release of an offender from imprisonment to the community by a releasing authority prior to the expiration of his sentence, subject to conditions imposed by the releasing authority and to its supervision, including a term of supervised release pursuant to section 3583;\n(g) \u201cprobation\u201d means any form of a sentence under which the offender is permitted to remain at liberty under supervision and subject to conditions for the breach of which a penalty of imprisonment may be ordered executed;\n(h) \u201csentence\u201d means not only the penalty imposed but also the judgment of conviction in a criminal case or a judgment of acquittal in the same proceeding, or the adjudication of delinquency in a juvenile delinquency proceeding or dismissal of allegations of delinquency in the same proceedings;\n(i) \u201cState\u201d means any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any territory or possession of the United States;\n(j) \u201ctransfer\u201d means a transfer of an individual for the purpose of the execution in one country of a sentence imposed by the courts of another country; and\n(k) \u201ctreaty\u201d means a treaty under which an offender sentenced in the courts of one country may be transferred to the country of which he is a citizen or national for the purpose of serving the sentence.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t18/s4101.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t18/s4101","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f4101."},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"As used in this chapter the term\u2014"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t18/s4101/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cdouble criminality\u201d means that at the time of transfer of an offender the offense for which he has been sentenced is still an offense in the transferring country and is also an offense in the receiving country. With regard to a country which has a federal form of government, an act shall be deemed to be an offense in that country if it is an offense under the federal laws or the laws of any state or province thereof;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t18/s4101/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cimprisonment\u201d means a penalty imposed by a court under which the individual is confined to an institution;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t18/s4101/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" \u201cjuvenile\u201d means\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t18/s4101/c/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" a person who is under eighteen years of age; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t18/s4101/c/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" for the purpose of proceedings and disposition under chapter 403 of this title because of an act of juvenile delinquency, a person who is under twenty-one years of age;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t18/s4101/d","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(d)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" \u201cjuvenile delinquency\u201d means\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t18/s4101/d/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" a violation of the laws of the United States or a State thereof or of a foreign country committed by a juvenile which would have been a crime if committed by an adult; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t18/s4101/d/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" noncriminal acts committed by a juvenile for which supervision or treatment by juvenile authorities of the United States, a State thereof, or of the foreign country concerned is authorized;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t18/s4101/e","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(e)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201coffender\u201d means a person who has been convicted of an offense or who has been adjudged to have committed an act of juvenile delinquency;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t18/s4101/f","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(f)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cparole\u201d means any form of release of an offender from imprisonment to the community by a releasing authority prior to the expiration of his sentence, subject to conditions imposed by the releasing authority and to its supervision, including a term of supervised release pursuant to section 3583;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t18/s4101/g","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(g)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cprobation\u201d means any form of a sentence under which the offender is permitted to remain at liberty under supervision and subject to conditions for the breach of which a penalty of imprisonment may be ordered executed;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t18/s4101/h","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(h)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201csentence\u201d means not only the penalty imposed but also the judgment of conviction in a criminal case or a judgment of acquittal in the same proceeding, or the adjudication of delinquency in a juvenile delinquency proceeding or dismissal of allegations of delinquency in the same proceedings;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t18/s4101/i","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(i)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cState\u201d means any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any territory or possession of the United States;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t18/s4101/j","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(j)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201ctransfer\u201d means a transfer of an individual for the purpose of the execution in one country of a sentence imposed by the courts of another country; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t18/s4101/k","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(k)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201ctreaty\u201d means a treaty under which an offender sentenced in the courts of one country may be transferred to the country of which he is a citizen or national for the purpose of serving the sentence.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}