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18 U.S.C. § 1502 — Resistance to extradition agent
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Whoever knowingly and willfully obstructs, resists, or opposes an extradition agent of the United States in the execution of his duties, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
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Whoever knowingly and willfully obstructs, resists, or opposes an extradition agent of the United States in the execution of his duties, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
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Whoever knowingly and willfully obstructs, resists, or opposes any officer of the United States, or other person duly authorized, in serving, or attempting to serve or execute, any legal or judicial writ or process of any court of the United States, or United States magistrate judge; or
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Whoever, within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, takes and carries away, with intent to steal or purloin, any personal property of another shall be punished as follows:
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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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TITLE 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
§ 1502
‘‘United States commissioner’’ pursuant to Pub. L.
90–578. See chapter 43 (§ 631 et seq.) of Title 28.
Reference to United States magistrate or to mag-
istrate deemed to refer to United States magistrate
judge pursuant to section 321 of Pub. L. 101–650, set out
as a note under section 631 of Title 28.
SHORT TITLE OF 2002 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 107–204, title VIII, § 801, July 30, 2002, 116 Stat.
800, provided that: ‘‘This title [enacting sections 1348,
1514A, 1519, and 1520 of this title, amending section 523
of Title 11, Bankruptcy, and section 1658 of Title 28, Ju-
diciary and Judicial Procedure, and enacting provisions
set out as notes under sections 994 and 1658 of Title 28]
may be cited as the ‘Corporate and Criminal Fraud Ac-
countability Act of 2002’.’’
SHORT TITLE OF 1982 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 97–291, § 1, Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1248, provided:
‘‘That this Act [enacting sections 1512 to 1515, 3579, and
3580 of this title, amending sections 1503, 1505, 1510, and
3146 of this title and Rule 32 of the Federal Rules of
Civil Procedure, and enacting provisions set out as
notes under sections 1512 and 3579 of this title] may be
cited as the ‘Victim and Witness Protection Act of
1982’.’’
§ 1502. Resistance to extradition agent
Whoever knowingly and willfully obstructs,
resists, or opposes an extradition agent of the
United States in the execution of his duties,
shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not
more than one year, or both.
(June 24, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 769; Pub. L.
103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(F), Sept. 13, 1994,
108 Stat. 2147.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 661 (R.S. 5277).
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