2018 US Code
Title 21 - Food and Drugs
Chapter 12 - Meat Inspection
Subchapter IV - Auxiliary Provisions
Sec. 675 - Assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain persons; murder; protection of such persons

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Citation 21 U.S.C. § 675 (2018)
Section Name §675. Assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain persons; murder; protection of such persons
Section Text

Any person who forcibly assaults, resists, opposes, impedes, intimidates, or interferes with any person while engaged in or on account of the performance of his official duties under this chapter shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than three years, or both. Whoever, in the commission of any such acts, uses a deadly or dangerous weapon, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. Whoever kills any person while engaged in or on account of the performance of his official duties under this chapter shall be punished as provided under sections 1111 and 1114 of title 18.

Source Credit

(Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, title IV, §405, as added Pub. L. 90–201, §16, Dec. 15, 1967, 81 Stat. 599.)

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Title 21 - FOOD AND DRUGS
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 21 - FOOD AND DRUGS
CHAPTER 12 - MEAT INSPECTION
SUBCHAPTER IV - AUXILIARY PROVISIONS
Sec. 675 - Assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain persons; murder; protection of such persons
Contains section 675
Date 2018
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 14, 2019
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 81 Stat. 599
Public Law References Public Law 90-201
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