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18 U.S.C. § 1429 — Penalties for neglect or refusal to answer subpena

submitted 74 years ago by ch. 477 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 69 words · no verdicts yet

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A person who refuses or neglects to appear and testify at a subpoenaed final naturalization hearing may be fined, imprisoned for up to five years, or both.

A person subpoenaed under section 336(d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to appear at the final hearing on a naturalization application who neglects or refuses to appear and testify, if able to do so, may be fined under this title, imprisoned for not more than five years, or both.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

Any person who has been subpenaed under the provisions of subsection (d) of section 336 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to appear at the final hearing of an application for naturalization, and who shall neglect or refuse to so appear and to testify, if in the power of such person to do so, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

Source credit: (Added June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title IV, § 402(b), 66 Stat. 276; amended Pub. L. 97–116, § 18(u)(1), Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1621; Pub. L. 101–649, title IV, § 407(c)(21), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 5041; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(K), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1952Enacted · Act of June 27, 1952, ch. 477 · 66 Stat. 276
  • 1981Amended · Pub. L. 97-116 · 95 Stat. 1621
  • 1990Amended · Pub. L. 101-649 · 104 Stat. 5041
  • 1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-322 · 108 Stat. 2147

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 477 on 1952-06-27.

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