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Title 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE > PART II—CRIMINAL PROCEDURE > CHAPTER 227—SENTENCES > SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL PROVISIONS

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A United States probation officer shall make a presentence investigation of a defendant that is required pursuant to the provisions of Rule 32(c) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, and shall, before the imposition of sentence, report the results of the investigation to the court.

(Added Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 212(a)(2) , Oct. 12, 1984 , 98 Stat. 1988 ; amended Pub. L. 99–646, § 7(a) , Nov. 10, 1986 , 100 Stat. 3593 ; Pub. L. 101–647, title XXXVI, § 3625 , Nov. 29, 1990 , 104 Stat. 4965 .)

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