Title 29 — LaborRelease 119-73
§629 Criminal penalties
Title 29 › Chapter CHAPTER 14— - AGE DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT › § 629
Summary
Blocking or interfering with an EEOC official while they are doing their job can get you a fine up to $500, jail up to one year, or both, but jail can be imposed only if you were already convicted under this rule before.
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Title 29, §629
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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.
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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, § 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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29 U.S.C. § 629
Title 29 — Labor
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73