Title 29, LaborRelease 119-102
§528 Criminal Contempt
Title 29 › CHAPTER 11 — LABOR-MANAGEMENT REPORTING AND DISCLOSURE PROCEDURE › SUBCHAPTER VII — MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › § 528
Summary
No one may be punished for criminal contempt that happened outside the judge’s immediate presence during a civil case under this chapter unless a U.S. district court jury finds the facts. The jury must be chosen the same way juries are picked in federal criminal trials.
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Title 29, §528
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No person shall be punished for any criminal contempt allegedly committed outside the immediate presence of the court in connection with any civil action prosecuted by the Secretary or any other person in any court of the United States under the provisions of this chapter unless the facts constituting such criminal contempt are established by the verdict of the jury in a proceeding in the district court of the United States, which jury shall be chosen and empaneled in the manner prescribed by the law governing trial juries in criminal prosecutions in the district courts of the United States.
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29 U.S.C. § 528
Title 29, Labor
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102