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§ 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.



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