§ 629. — Criminal penalties.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 29USC629]
TITLE 29--LABOR
CHAPTER 14--AGE DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT
Sec. 629. Criminal penalties
Whoever shall forcibly resist, oppose, impede, intimidate or
interfere with a duly authorized representative of the Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission while it is engaged in the performance of duties
under this chapter shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500 or
by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both: Provided,
however, That no person shall be imprisoned under this section except
when there has been a prior conviction hereunder.
(Pub. L. 90-202, Sec. 10, Dec. 15, 1967, 81 Stat. 605; 1978 Reorg. Plan
No. 1, Sec. 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1979, 43 F.R. 19807, 92 Stat. 3781.)
Transfer of Functions
``Equal Employment Opportunity Commission'' and ``it'' substituted
in text for ``Secretary'', meaning Secretary of Labor, and ``he'',
respectively, pursuant to Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1978, Sec. 2, 43 F.R.
19807, 92 Stat. 3781, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government
Organization and Employees, which transferred all functions vested by
this section in Secretary of Labor to Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission, effective Jan. 1, 1979, as provided by section 1-101 of Ex.
Ord. No. 12106, Dec. 28, 1978, 44 F.R. 1053.