1999 US Code
Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I - CRIMES
CHAPTER 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 4 - Misprision of felony
View MetadataPublication Title | United States Code, 1994 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS Sec. 4 - Misprision of felony |
Contains | section 4 |
Date | 1999 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 23, 2000 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 684; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, §330016(1)(G), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147. |
Statutes at Large References | 35 Stat. 1114 62 Stat. 684 108 Stat. 2147 |
Public Law References | Public Law 103-322 |
§4. Misprision of felony
Whoever, having knowledge of the actual commission of a felony cognizable by a court of the United States, conceals and does not as soon as possible make known the same to some judge or other person in civil or military authority under the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 684; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, §330016(1)(G), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)
Historical and Revision NotesBased on title 18, U.S.C. 1940 ed., §251 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, §146, 35 Stat. 1114).
Changes in phraseology only.
Amendments1994—Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than 0”.
Cross ReferencesConcealing escaped prisoners, see section 1072 of this title.
Concealing or harboring persons engaged in espionage, see section 792 of this title.
Concealing persons from arrest, see section 1071 of this title.
Harboring fugitives from justice, see section 1071 et. seq. of this title.
Section Referred to in Other SectionsThis section is referred to in title 50 section 422.
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