{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/s1502","title_num":"18","num":"§ 1502.","heading":"Resistance to extradition agent","status":null,"guid":"idbcef54ea-4aa6-11eb-bce4-d6beeb6aa2d0","source_credit":"(June 24, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 769; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(F), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)","seq_in_title":545,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI/ch73","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18","level":"title","num":"Title 18—","heading":"CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI","level":"part","num":"PART I—","heading":"CRIMES","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI/ch73","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 73—","heading":"OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<section xmlns=\"http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" xmlns:dcterms=\"http://purl.org/dc/terms/\" style=\"-uslm-lc:I80\" id=\"id74b03f8e-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s1502\"><num value=\"1502\">§ 1502.</num><heading> Resistance to extradition agent</heading><content>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">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.</p>\n</content><sourceCredit id=\"id74b03f8f-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\">(<ref href=\"/us/act/1948-06-24/ch645\">June 24, 1948, ch. 645</ref>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/62/769\">62 Stat. 769</ref>; <ref href=\"/us/pl/103/322/tXXXIII/s330016/1/F\">Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(F)</ref>, <date date=\"1994-09-13\">Sept. 13, 1994</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/108/2147\">108 Stat. 2147</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n<notes type=\"uscNote\" id=\"id74b03f90-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\">\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"historicalAndRevision\" id=\"id74b03f91-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Historical and Revision Notes</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 661 (R.S. 5277).</p>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Said <ref href=\"/us/usc/t18/s661\">section 661 of title 18</ref>, U.S.C., 1940 ed., was incorporated in this section and <ref href=\"/us/usc/t18/s752\">section 752 of this title</ref>.</p>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Words “an extradition agent of the United States” were substituted for “such agent” which was referred to in sections 3182 et seq. of this title.</p>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">A fine of “$300” was substituted for “$1,000” as the mandatory maximum to harmonize with similar offenses in this chapter. (See <ref href=\"/us/usc/t18/s1501\">section 1501 of this title</ref>.)</p>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Punishment provision was rephrased in the alternative.</p>\n</note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" role=\"crossHeading\" topic=\"editorialNotes\" id=\"id74b03f92-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered\"><b>Editorial Notes</b></heading></note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"amendments\" id=\"id74b03f93-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Amendments</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">1994—<ref href=\"/us/pl/103/322\">Pub. L. 103–322</ref> substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $300”.</p>\n</note>\n</notes>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"116-214","currency_date":"2020-12-05","congress":116,"law_num":214,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":218,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["02","09","11a","15","16","18","18a","20","21","22","28a","31","37","38","39","40","41","51","52","54"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}