29 U.S.C. § 629: Criminal penalties

Summary

It's a crime to physically resist, block, intimidate, or otherwise interfere with an authorized Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) representative while they are doing their job. Penalty: up to a $500 fine, up to one year in jail, or both. Jail can only be imposed after a prior conviction under this rule.

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.

§629 Criminal Penalties

Summary

Title 29, §629

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

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