§ 243. — Exclusion of jurors on account of race or color.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC243]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I--CRIMES
CHAPTER 13--CIVIL RIGHTS
Sec. 243. Exclusion of jurors on account of race or color
No citizen possessing all other qualifications which are or may be
prescribed by law shall be disqualified for service as grand or petit
juror in any court of the United States, or of any State on account of
race, color, or previous condition of servitude; and whoever, being an
officer or other person charged with any duty in the selection or
summoning of jurors, excludes or fails to summon any citizen for such
cause, shall be fined not more than $5,000.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 696.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on section 44 of title 8, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Aliens and
Nationality (Mar. 1, 1875, ch. 114, Sec. 4, 18 Stat. 336).
Words ``be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and'' were deleted as
unnecessary in view of definition of misdemeanor in section 1 of this
title.
Words ``on conviction thereof'' were omitted as unnecessary, since
punishment follows only after conviction.
Minimum punishment provisions were omitted. (See reviser's note
under section 203 of this title.)
Minor changes in phraseology were made.
