1994 US Code
Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I - CRIMES
CHAPTER 77 - PEONAGE AND SLAVERY
Sec. 1581 - Peonage; obstructing enforcement
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 1994 Edition, 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 77 - PEONAGE AND SLAVERY Sec. 1581 - Peonage; obstructing enforcement |
| Contains | section 1581 |
| Date | 1994 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 4, 1995 |
| Positive Law | Yes |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 772; Sept. 13, 1994, Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, §330016(1)(K), 108 Stat. 2147. |
| Statutes at Large References | 35 Stat. 1142 62 Stat. 772 108 Stat. 2147 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 103-322 |
§1581. Peonage; obstructing enforcement
(a) Whoever holds or returns any person to a condition of peonage, or arrests any person with the intent of placing him in or returning him to a condition of peonage, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
(b) Whoever obstructs, or attempts to obstruct, or in any way interferes with or prevents the enforcement of this section, shall be liable to the penalties prescribed in subsection (a).
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 772; Sept. 13, 1994, Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, §330016(1)(K), 108 Stat. 2147.)
Historical and Revision NotesBased on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §§444, 445 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, §§269, 270, 35 Stat. 1142).
Section consolidates sections 444 and 445 of said title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., with changes in phraseology to amplify and clarify their provisions.
Reference to persons causing or procuring was omitted as unnecessary in view of definition of “principal” in section 2 of this title.
Amendments1994—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than ,000”.
Cross ReferencesPeonage abolished in States and Territories, see section 1994 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.
Slavery abolished, see Const. Amend. 13.
Section Referred to in Other SectionsThis section is referred to in title 8 section 1101.
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