[S. 2460] AN ACT To limit the operation of statutes of limitations in certain cases. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That whenever an indictment is found defective or insufficient for any cause, after the period prescribed by the applicable statute of limitations has expired, a new indictment may be returned at any time during the next succeeding term of court following such finding, during which a grand jury thereof shall be in session. SEC. 2. Whenever an indictment is found defective or insufficient for any cause, before the period prescribed by the applicable statute of limitations has expired, and such period will expire before the end of the next regular term of the court to which such indictment was returned, a new indictment may be returned not later than the end of the next succeeding term of such court, regular or special, following the term at which such indictment was found defective or insufficient, during which a grand jury thereof shall be in session. SEC. 3. In the event of reindictment under the provisions of this Act the defense of the statute of limitations shall not prevail against the new indictment, any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding. SEC. 4. The provisions of this Act shall not apply to any indictment against which the statute of limitations has run at the date of approval hereof. Approved, May 10, 1934. (H.R. 7748] AN ACT Regulating procedure in criminal cases in the courts of the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That no plea to abate nor motion to quash any indictment upon the ground of irregularity in the drawing or impaneling of the grand jury or upon the ground of disqualification of a grand juror shall be sustained or granted unless such plea or motion shall have been filed before, or within ten days after, the defendant filing such plea or motion is presented for arraignment; and from the time such plea or motion is filed and until the termination of the first term of said court beginning subsequent to the final judgment on such plea or motion and during which a grand jury thereof shall be in session, no statute of limitations shall operate to bar another indictment of any defendant filing such plea or motion, or of any other defendant or defendants included in the indictment to which such plea or motion is directed, for the offense or offenses therein charged. SEO. 2. No plea to abate nor motion to quash any indictment, upon the ground that one or more unqualified persons served upon the grand jury finding such indictment, shall be sustained if it appears that twelve or more jurors, after deducting the number so disqualified, concurred in the finding of said indictment: Provided, however, That no juror shall be permitted to testify, in this connection, as to whether he or any other individual juror voted for or against the finding of such indictment, but it shall be the duty of the foreman of each grand jury to keep a record of the number of grand jurors concurring in the finding of any indictment and to file such record with the clerk of the court at the time the indictment is returned. Such record shall not be made public except on order of the court. SEO. 3. That this Act shall be applicable to the district courts of the United States, including the district courts of Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, and to the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Approved, April 30, 1934. [S. 2460] AN ACT To limit the operation of statutes of limitations in certain cases. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That whenever an indictment is found defective or insufficient for any cause, after the period prescribed by the applicable statute of limitations has expired, a new indictment may be returned at any time during the next succeeding term of court following such finding, during which a grand jury thereof shall be in session. SEC. 2. Whenever an indictment is found defective or insufficient for any cause, before the period prescribed by the applicable statute of limitations has expired, and such period will expire before the end of the next regular term of the court to which such indictment was returned, a new indictment may be returned not later than the end of the next succeeding term of such court, regular or special, following the term at which such indictment was found defective or insufficient, during which a grand jury thereof shall be in session. SEC. 3. In the event of reindictment under the provisions of this Act the defense of the statute of limitations shall not prevail against the new indictment, any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding. SEC. 4. The provisions of this Act shall not apply to any indictment against which the statute of limitations has run at the date of approval hereof. Approved, May 10, 1934. [H.R. 7748] AN ACT Regulating procedure in criminal cases in the courts of the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That no plea to abate nor motion to quash any indictment upon the ground of irregularity in the drawing or impaneling of the grand jury or upon the ground of disqualification of a grand juror shall be sustained or granted unless such plea or motion shall have been filed before, or within ten days after, the defendant filing such plea or motion is presented for arraignment; and from the time such plea or motion is filed and until the termination of the first term of said court beginning subsequent to the final judgment on such plea or motion and during which a grand jury thereof shall be in session, no statute of limitations shall operate to bar another indictment of any defendant filing such plea or motion, or of any other defendant or defendants included in the indictment to which such plea or motion is directed, for the offense or offenses therein charged. SEO. 2. No plea to abate nor motion to quash any indictment, upon the ground that one or more unqualified persons served upon the grand jury finding such indictment, shall be sustained if it appears that twelve or more jurors, after deducting the number so disqualified, concurred in the finding of said indictment: Provided, however, That no juror shall be permitted to testify, in this connection, as to whether he or any other individual juror voted for or against the finding of such indictment, but it shall be the duty of the foreman of each grand jury to keep a record of the number of grand jurors concurring in the finding of any indictment and to file such record with the clerk of the court at the time the indictment is returned. Such record shall not be made public except on order of the court. SEO. 3. That this Act shall be applicable to the district courts of the United States, including the district courts of Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, and to the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Approved, April 30, 1934. [S. 2460] AN ACT To limit the operation of statutes of limitations in certain cases. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That whenever an indictment is found defective or insufficient for any cause, after the period prescribed by the applicable statute of limitations has expired, a new indictment may be returned at any time during the next succeeding term of court following such finding, during which a grand jury thereof shall be in session. SEC. 2. Whenever an indictment is found defective or insufficient for any cause, before the period prescribed by the applicable statute of limitations has expired, and such period will expire before the end of the next regular term of the court to which such indictment was returned, a new indictment may be returned not later than the end of the next succeeding term of such court, regular or special, following the term at which such indictment was found defective or insufficient, during which a grand jury thereof shall be in session. SEC. 3. In the event of reindictment under the provisions of this Act the defense of the statute of limitations shall not prevail against the new indictment, any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding. SEC. 4. The provisions of this Act shall not apply to any indictment against which the statute of limitations has run at the date of approval hereof. Approved, May 10, 1934. |