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52 U.S.C. § 30145 — Period of limitations

submitted 52 years ago by Pub. L. 92-225 to r/title-52-VOTING-AND-ELECTIONS · 159 words · no verdicts yet

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Criminal charges for violating this chapter's core provisions must be filed within 5 years of the violation, and this 5-year clock applies no matter when the violation happened. No one can be prosecuted for old conduct that broke the pre-1975 version of the law but doesn't break the amended version.

(a) No one may be prosecuted, tried, or punished for violating subchapter I of this chapter unless charges — an indictment or an information — are filed within 5 years after the date of the violation. (b) Despite any other law: (1) this 5-year time limit applies to violations described in subsection (a), whether they happened before, on, or after this section's effective date; and (2) no criminal case may be brought against someone for an act or omission that violated subchapter I of this chapter as it read on December 31, 1974, if that same act or omission does not violate the law as amended by the Federal Election Campaign Act Amendments of 1974. Nothing in this subsection affects any case that was already pending in a United States court on January 1, 1975.
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(a)

No person shall be prosecuted, tried, or punished for any violation of subchapter I of this chapter, unless the indictment is found or the information is instituted within 5 years after the date of the violation.

(b)

Notwithstanding any other provision of law—

(1)

the period of limitations referred to in subsection (a) shall apply with respect to violations referred to in such subsection committed before, on, or after the effective date of this section; and

(2)

no criminal proceeding shall be instituted against any person for any act or omission which was a violation of any provision of subchapter I of this chapter, as in effect on December 31, 1974, if such act or omission does not constitute a violation of any such provision, as amended by the Federal Election Campaign Act Amendments of 1974.

Nothing in this subsection shall affect any proceeding pending in any court of the United States on January 1, 1975.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 92–225, title IV, § 406, as added Pub. L. 93–443, title III, § 302, Oct. 15, 1974, 88 Stat. 1289; amended Pub. L. 94–283, title I, § 115(f), May 11, 1976, 90 Stat. 496; Pub. L. 107–155, title III, § 313(a), Mar. 27, 2002, 116 Stat. 106.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1974Enacted · Pub. L. 92-225 · 88 Stat. 1289
  • 1976Amended · Pub. L. 94-283 · 90 Stat. 496
  • 2002Amended · Pub. L. 107-155 · 116 Stat. 106

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 92-225 on 1974-10-15.

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