18-U.S.C.-3285

§3285 – Criminal Contempt

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Title 18 > Part II > Chapter 213 > Section 3285

Details

• Reference: Section 3285
• Legend: §3285 – Criminal Contempt
• USCode Year: 2013

Provision Content

No proceeding for criminal contempt within section 402 of this title shall be instituted against any person, corporation or association unless begun within one year from the date of the act complained of; nor shall any such proceeding be a bar to any criminal prosecution for the same act.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 828.)

Historical and Revision Notes

Based on section 390 of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Judicial Code and Judiciary (Oct. 15, 1914, ch. 323, §25, 38 Stat. 740).

Word criminal was inserted before contempt in first line. Words within section 402 of this title were inserted after contempt.

The correct meaning and narrow application of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §390, are preserved, as section 389 of that title is incorporated in sections 402 and 3691 of this title.

Words corporation or association were inserted after person, thus embodying applicable definition of section 390a of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed. (See revisers note under section 402 of this title.)

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18-U.S.C.-3242 in the Legal Encyclopedia: Criminal Procedure

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