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Section 959. Possession, Manufacture, or Distribution for Purposes
of Unlawful Importation
Prohibition on controlled substance in schedule I or II
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture or distribute a controlled substance in
schedule I or II or flunitrazepam or listed chemical --
(1) intending that such substance or chemical will be unlawfully imported into the
United States or into waters within a distance of 12 miles of the coast of the United
States; or
(2) knowing that such substance or chemical will be unlawfully imported into the
United States or into waters within a distance of 12 miles of the coast of the United
States.
United States citizen on board any aircraft or any person on board United States owned or
registered aircraft
(b) It shall be unlawful for any United States citizen on board any aircraft, or any person on board
an aircraft owned by a United States citizen or registered in the United States, to --
(1) manufacture or distribute a controlled substance or listed chemical; or
(2) possess a controlled substance or listed chemical with intent to distribute.
Acts committed outside territorial jurisdiction of United States
(c) This section is intended to reach acts of manufacture or distribution committed outside the
territorial jurisdiction of the United States. Any person who violates this section shall be tried in
the United States district court at the point of entry where such person enters the United States, or
in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
(Pub. L. 91-513, Title III, Section 1009, Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1289; Pub. L. 99-570, Title III,
Section 3161(a), Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3207-94; Pub. L. 104-237, Title I, Section 102, Oct. 3,
1996, 110 Stat. 3100; Pub. L. 104-305, Section 2(b)(2)(A), Oct. 13, 1996, 110 Stat. 3807.)
EDITORIAL NOTES
References in Text. Schedules I and II, referred to in text, are set out in section 812(c) of this
title.
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