<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="id84b4f4f3-4631-11e3-82e4-c7c00c991bd6" identifier="/us/usc/t18/s3285"><num value="3285">§ 3285.</num><heading> Criminal contempt</heading><content>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">No proceeding for criminal contempt within <ref href="/us/usc/t18/s402">section 402 of this title</ref> 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.</p>
</content><sourceCredit id="id84b4f4f4-4631-11e3-82e4-c7c00c991bd6">(<ref href="/us/act/1948-06-25/ch645">June 25, 1948, ch. 645</ref>, <ref href="/us/stat/62/828">62 Stat. 828</ref>.)</sourceCredit>
<notes type="uscNote" id="id84b4f4f5-4631-11e3-82e4-c7c00c991bd6">
<note style="-uslm-lc:I74" topic="historicalAndRevision" id="id84b4f4f6-4631-11e3-82e4-c7c00c991bd6"><heading class="centered smallCaps">Historical and Revision Notes</heading><p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">Based on <ref href="/us/usc/t28/s390">section 390 of title 28</ref>, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Judicial Code and Judiciary (<ref href="/us/act/1914-10-15/ch323/s25">Oct. 15, 1914, ch. 323, § 25</ref>, <ref href="/us/stat/38/740">38 Stat. 740</ref>).</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">Word “criminal” was inserted before “contempt” in first line. Words “within <ref href="/us/usc/t18/s402">section 402 of this title</ref>” were inserted after “contempt”.</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">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.</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">Words “corporation or association” were inserted after “person”, thus embodying applicable definition of <ref href="/us/usc/t28/s390a">section 390a of title 28</ref>, U.S.C., 1940 ed. (See reviser’s note under <ref href="/us/usc/t18/s402">section 402 of this title</ref>.)</p>
</note>
</notes>
</section>