29 U.S.C. § 1141 — Coercive interference

submitted 52 years ago by Pub. L. 93-406 to r/title-29-LABOR · 105 words · no verdicts yet

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This section addresses coercive interference. It provides the rules, duties, rights, limits, and exceptions stated in the section, including its labeled subsections and numbered provisions. It must be unlawful for any person through the use of fraud, force, violence, or threat of the use of force or violence, to restrain, coerce, intimidate, or attempt to restrain, coerce, or intimidate any participant or beneficiary for th...

It must be unlawful for any person through the use of fraud, force, violence, or threat of the use of force or violence, to restrain, coerce, intimidate, or attempt to restrain, coerce, or intimidate any participant or beneficiary for the purpose of interfering with or preventing the exercise of any right to which he is or may become entitled under the plan, this subchapter, section 1201 of this title , or the Welfare and Pension Plans Disclosure Act [ 29 U.S.C. 301 et seq.]. Any person who willfully violates this section must be fined $100,000 or imprisoned for not more than 10 years, or both.

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It shall be unlawful for any person through the use of fraud, force, violence, or threat of the use of force or violence, to restrain, coerce, intimidate, or attempt to restrain, coerce, or intimidate any participant or beneficiary for the purpose of interfering with or preventing the exercise of any right to which he is or may become entitled under the plan, this subchapter, section 1201 of this title, or the Welfare and Pension Plans Disclosure Act [29 U.S.C. 301 et seq.]. Any person who willfully violates this section shall be fined $100,000 or imprisoned for not more than 10 years, or both.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 93–406, title I, § 511, Sept. 2, 1974, 88 Stat. 895; Pub. L. 109–280, title VI, § 623(a), Aug. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 979.)

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1974Enacted · Pub. L. 93-406 · 88 Stat. 895
2006Amended · Pub. L. 109-280 · 120 Stat. 979

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