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18 U.S.C. § 1071 — Concealing person from arrest
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Whoever harbors or conceals any person for whose arrest a warrant or process has been issued under the provisions of any law of the United States, so as to prevent his discovery and arrest, after notice or knowledge of the fact that a warrant or process has been issued for the apprehension of such person, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; except that if the warrant or process issued on a charge of felony, or after conviction of such person of any offense, the punishment shall be a fine under this title, or imprisonment for not more than five years, or both.
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Whoever harbors or conceals any person for whose arrest a warrant or process has been issued under the provisions of any law of the United States, so as to prevent his discovery and arrest, after notice or knowledge of the fact that a warrant or process has been issued for the apprehension of such person, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; except that if the warrant or process issued on a charge of felony, or after conviction of such person of any offense, the punishment shall be a fine under this title, or imprisonment for not more than five years, or both.
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Whoever directly or indirectly deprives, attempts to deprive, or threatens to deprive any person of any employment, position, work, compensation, or other benefit provided for or made possible in whole or in part by any Act of Congress appropriating funds for work relief or relief purposes, on account of political affiliation, race, color, sex, religion, or national origin, shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
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**(a)** Whoever rescues or attempts to rescue or instigates, aids or assists the escape, or attempt to escape, of any person arrested upon a warrant or other process issued under any law of the United States, or committed to the custody of the Attorney General or to any institution or facility by his direction, shall, if the custody or confinement is by virtue of an arrest on a charge of felony, or conviction of any offense, be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both; or, if the custody or confinement is for extradition, or for exclusion or expulsion proceedings under the immigration laws, or by virtue of an arrest or charge of or for a misdemeanor, and prior to conviction, be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
**(b)** Whoever rescues or attempts to rescue or instigates, aids, or assists the escape or attempted escape of any person in the custody of the Attorney General or his authorized representative, or of any person arrested upon a warrant or other process issued under any law of the United States or from any institution or facility in which he is confined by direction of the Attorney General, shall, if the custody or confinement is by virtue of a lawful arrest for a violation of any law of the United States not punishable by death or life imprisonment and committed before such person’s eighteenth birthday, and as to whom the Attorney General has not specifically directed the institution of criminal proceedings, or by virtue of a commitment as a juvenile delinquent under [section 5034 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section5034&num=0&edition=prelim), be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
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Whoever willfully harbors or conceals any prisoner after his escape from the custody of the Attorney General or from a Federal penal or correctional institution, shall be imprisoned not more than three years.
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TITLE 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
§ 1071
§ 1071. Concealing person from arrest
Whoever harbors or conceals any person for
whose arrest a warrant or process has been
issued under the provisions of any law of the
United States, so as to prevent his discovery and
arrest, after notice or knowledge of the fact that
a warrant or process has been issued for the ap-
prehension of such person, shall be fined under
this title or imprisoned not more than one year,
or both; except that if the warrant or process
issued on a charge of felony, or after conviction
of such person of any offense, the punishment
shall be a fine under this title, or imprisonment
for not more than five years, or both.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 755; Aug. 20, 1954,
ch. 771, 68 Stat. 747; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII,
§ 330016(1)(H), (K), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147;
Pub. L. 107–273, div. B, title IV, § 4003(a)(3), Nov.
2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1811.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 246 (Mar. 4, 1909,
ch. 321, § 141, 35 Stat. 1114).
Section 246 of title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., was divided.
Part is in this section and the remainder is incor-
porated in section 752 of this title.
Minor changes were made in phraseology.
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2002—Pub. L. 107–273 substituted ‘‘fine under this
title’’ for ‘‘fine of under this title’’.
1994—Pub. L. 103–322 substituted ‘‘under this title’’
for ‘‘not more than $1,000’’ after ‘‘person, shall be
fined’’ and for ‘‘not more than $5,000’’ after ‘‘shall be a
fine of’’.
1954—Act Aug. 20, 1954, increased the penalty from 6
months to 1 year where the violator harbored a person
for whom process has been issued on a misdemeanor
charge and inserted the penalty provision where the
violat
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