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U.S. Code, Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure
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General SummaryThe U.S. Code is a consolidation and codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States. While every effort has been made to ensure that this reproduction of the Code is accurate, those using it for legal purposes should verify their results against the printed version of the Code available through the Government Printing Office.
§ 372. Conspiracy to Impede or Injure Officer
If two or more persons in any State, Territory, Possession, or District conspire to prevent, by force, intimidation, or threat, any person from accepting or holding any office, trust, or place of confidence under the United States, or from discharging any duties thereof, or to induce by like means any officer of the United States to leave the place, where his duties as an officer are required to be performed, or to injure him in his person or property on account of his lawful discharge of the duties of his office, or while engaged in the lawful discharge thereof, or to injure his property so as to molest, interrupt, hinder, or impede him in the discharge of his official duties, each of such persons shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than six years, or both.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 701.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 54 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 21, 35 Stat. 1092).
Scope of section was enlarged to cover all possessions of the United States. When the section was first enacted in 1861 there were no possessions, and hence the use of the words "State or Territory" was sufficient to describe the area then subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. The word "District" was inserted by the codifiers of the 1909 Criminal Code.
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Chicago: "U.S. Congress, Office of the Law Revision Counsel", "§ 372. Conspiracy to Impede or Injure Officer," U.S. Code, Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure in U.S. Code, Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 2002), Original Sources, accessed February 16, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GLMIW68AG68W7XJ.
MLA: "U.S. Congress, Office of the Law Revision Counsel". "§ 372. Conspiracy to Impede or Injure Officer." U.S. Code, Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, in U.S. Code, Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 2002, Original Sources. 16 Feb. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GLMIW68AG68W7XJ.
Harvard: "U.S. Congress, Office of the Law Revision Counsel", '§ 372. Conspiracy to Impede or Injure Officer' in U.S. Code, Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure. cited in 2002, U.S. Code, Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.. Original Sources, retrieved 16 February 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GLMIW68AG68W7XJ.
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