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18 U.S.C. § 402 — Contempts constituting crimes
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Any person, corporation or association willfully disobeying any lawful writ, process, order, rule, decree, or command of any district court of the United States, including the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court or the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review established by section 103 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 ([50 U.S.C. 1803](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section1803&num=0&edition=prelim)), or any court of the District of Columbia, by doing any act or thing therein, or thereby forbidden, if the act or thing so done be of such character as to constitute also a criminal offense under any statute of the United States or under the laws of any State in which the act was committed, shall be prosecuted for such contempt as provided in [section 3691 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section3691&num=0&edition=prelim) and shall be punished by a fine under this title or imprisonment, or both.
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Any person, corporation or association willfully disobeying any lawful writ, process, order, rule, decree, or command of any district court of the United States, including the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court or the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review established by section 103 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 ([50 U.S.C. 1803](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section1803&num=0&edition=prelim)), or any court of the District of Columbia, by doing any act or thing therein, or thereby forbidden, if the act or thing so done be of such character as to constitute also a criminal offense under any statute of the United States or under the laws of any State in which the act was committed, shall be prosecuted for such contempt as provided in [section 3691 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section3691&num=0&edition=prelim) and shall be punished by a fine under this title or imprisonment, or both.
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Whenever a contempt charged shall consist in willful disobedience of any lawful writ, process, order, rule, decree, or command of any district court of the United States by doing or omitting any act or thing in violation thereof, and the act or thing done or omitted also constitutes a criminal offense under any Act of Congress, or under the laws of any state in which it was done or omitted, the accused, upon demand therefor, shall be entitled to trial by a jury, which shall conform as near as may be to the practice in other criminal cases.
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**(a) Court to hear applications and grant orders; record of denial; transmittal to court of review**
(1) The Chief Justice of the United States shall publicly designate 11 district court judges from at least seven of the United States judicial circuits of whom no fewer than 3 shall reside within 20 miles of the District of Columbia who shall constitute a court which shall have jurisdiction to hear applications for and grant orders approving electronic surveillance anywhere within the United States under the procedures set forth in this chapter, except that no judge designated under this subsection (except when sitting en banc under paragraph (2)) shall hear the same application for electronic surveillance under this chapter which has been denied previously by another judge designated under this subsection. If any judge so designated denies an application for an order authorizing electronic surveillance under this chapter, such judge shall provide immediately for the record a written statement of each reason for his decision and, on motion of the United States, the record shall be transmitted, under seal, to the court of review established in subsection (b).
(2)
(A) The court established under this subsection may, on its own initiative, or upon the request of the Government in any proceeding or a party under section 1861(f) 11 See References in Text note below. of this title or paragraph (4) or (5) of [section 1881a(i) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section1881a/i&num=0&edition=prelim), hold a hearing or rehearing, en banc, when ordered by a majority of the judges that constitute such court upon a determination that—
(i) en banc consideration is necessary to secure or maintain uniformity of the court’s decis
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**(a)** Whoever keeps, maintains, controls, supports, or harbors in any house or place for the purpose of prostitution, or for any other immoral purpose, any individual, knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that the individual is an alien, shall file with the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization a statement in writing setting forth the name of such individual, the place at which that individual is kept, and all facts as to the date of that individual’s entry into the United States, the port through which that individual entered, that individual’s age, nationality, and parentage, and concerning that individual’s procuration to come to this country within the knowledge of such person; andWhoever fails within five business days after commencing to keep, maintain, control, support, or harbor in any house or place for the purpose of prostitution, or for any other immoral purpose, any alien individual to file such statement concerning such alien individual with the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization; or Whoever knowingly and willfully states falsely or fails to disclose in such statement any fact within that person’s knowledge or belief with reference to the age, nationality, or parentage of any such alien individual, or concerning that individual’s procuration to come to this country— Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.
**(b)** In any prosecution brought under this section, if it appears that any such statement required is not on file in the office of the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization, the person whose duty it is to file such statement shall be presumed to have failed to file said statement, unless such person or persons shall prove otherwise. No person shall be excused from furnishing
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No proceeding for criminal contempt within [section 402 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section402&num=0&edition=prelim) 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.
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**(a) In general** Notwithstanding any provision of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to the contrary, in order to permit victims of crime to watch criminal trial proceedings in cases where the venue of the trial is changed—
(1) out of the State in which the case was initially brought; and
(2) more than 350 miles from the location in which those proceedings originally would have taken place;
the trial court shall order closed circuit televising of the proceedings to that location, for viewing by such persons the court determines have a compelling interest in doing so and are otherwise unable to do so by reason of the inconvenience and expense caused by the change of venue.
**(b) Limited access**
(1) **Generally** — No other person, other than official court and security personnel, or other persons specifically designated by the court, shall be permitted to view the closed circuit televising of the proceedings.
(2) **Exception** — The court shall not designate a person under paragraph (1) if the presiding judge at the trial determines that testimony by that person would be materially affected if that person heard other testimony at the trial.
**(c) Restrictions**
(1) The signal transmitted pursuant to subsection (a) shall be under the control of the court at all times and shall only be transmitted subject to the terms and conditions imposed by the court.
(2) No public broadcast or dissemination shall be made of the signal transmitted pursuant to subsection (a). In the event any tapes are produced in carrying out subsection (a), such tapes shall be the property of the court and kept under seal.
(3) Any violations of this subsection, or any rule or order made pursuant to this section, shall be punishable as contempt of court as described in [section 402 of t
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TITLE 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
§ 401
plete renunciation of his criminal intent, the de-
fendant prevented the commission of the crime
solicited. A renunciation is not ‘‘voluntary and
complete’’ if it is motivated in whole or in part
by a decision to postpone the commission of the
crime until another time or to substitute an-
other victim or another but similar objective. If
the defendant raises the affirmative defense at
trial, the defendant has the burden of proving
the defense by a preponderance of the evidence.
(c) It is not a defense to a prosecution under
this section that the person solicited could not
be convicted of the crime because he lacked the
state of mind required for its commission, be-
cause he was incompetent or irresponsible, or
because he is immune from prosecution or is not
subject to prosecution.
(Added Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 1003(a), Oct. 12,
1984, 98 Stat. 2138; amended Pub. L. 99–646, § 26,
Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3597; Pub. L. 103–322, title
XXXIII, § 330016(2)(A), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat.
2148.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
1994—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–322 inserted ‘‘(notwith-
standing section 3571)’’ before ‘‘fined not more than
one-half’’.
1986—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99–646 substituted ‘‘property
or against the person of another’’ for ‘‘the person or
property of another’’ and inserted ‘‘life imprisonment
or’’ before ‘‘death’’.
CHAPTER 21—CONTEMPTS
Sec.
401.
Power of court.
402.
Contempts constituting crimes.
403.
Protection of the privacy of child victims and
child witnesses.
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
1990—Pub. L. 101–647, title II, § 225(b)(2), Nov. 29, 1990,
104 Stat. 4806, added item 403.
1949—Act May 24, 1949, ch. 139, § 8(a), (b), 63 Stat. 90,
struck out ‘‘CONSTITUTING CRIMES’’
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TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
§ 1803
the Chief Justice with the concurrence of the
Attorney General, in consultation with the Di-
rector of National Intelligence, and shall remain
sealed unless—
(A) an application for a court order with re-
spect to the surveillance is made under sec-
tions 1801(h)(4) and 1804 of this title; or
(B) the certification is necessary to deter-
mine the legality of the surveillance under
section 1806(f) of this title.
(4) With respect to electronic surveillance au-
thorized by this subsection, the Attorney Gen-
eral may direct a specified communication com-
mon carrier to—
(A) furnish all information, facilities, or
technical assistance necessary to accomplish
the electronic surveillance in such a manner
as will protect its secrecy and produce a min-
imum of interference with the services that
such carrier is providing its customers; and
(B) maintain under security procedures ap-
proved by the Attorney General and the Direc-
tor of National Intelligence any records con-
cerning the surveillance or the aid furnished
which such carrier wishes to retain.
The Government shall compensate, at the pre-
vailing rate, such carrier for furnishing such
aid.
(b) Applications for a court order under this
subchapter are authorized if the President has,
by written authorization, empowered the Attor-
ney General to approve applications to the court
having jurisdiction under section 1803 of this
title, and a judge to whom an application is
made may, notwithstanding any other law,
grant an order, in conformity with section 1805
of this title, approving electronic surveillance of
a foreign power or an agent of a foreign power
for the purpose of obtaining foreign intelligence
information, except that the court shall not
have j
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