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[CITE: 19USC1341]

 
                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
                      CHAPTER 4--TARIFF ACT OF 1930
 
                     SUBTITLE II--SPECIAL PROVISIONS
 
          Part II--United States International Trade Commission
 
Sec. 1341. Interference with functions of Commission


(a) Interfering with or influencing the Commission or its employees

    It shall be unlawful for any person (1) to prevent or attempt to 
prevent, by force, intimidation, threat, or in any other manner, any 
member or employee of the commission from exercising the functions 
imposed upon the commission by this subtitle, or (2) to induce, or 
attempt to induce, by like means any such member or employee to make any 
decision or order, or to take any action, with respect to any matter 
within the authority of the commission.

(b) Penalty

    Any person who violates any of the provisions of this section shall, 
upon conviction thereof, be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisonment 
for not more than one year, or both.

(c) ``Person'' defined

    As used in this section the term ``person'' includes an individual, 
corporation, association, partnership, or any other organization or 
group of individuals.

(June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title III, Sec. 341, 46 Stat. 707.)