§ 403. Protection of the privacy of child victims and child witnesses

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1990

   Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990

   Pub. L. 101–647 title II § 225(b)(1) · 104 Stat. 4789

   Enacted · 18 U.S.C. § 403

   (Added Pub. L. 101–647, title II, § 225(b)(1), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4805.)

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   (Added Pub. L. 101–647, title II, § 225(b)(1), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4805.)

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) Punishment as contempt.— Chapter 21 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: “§ 403. Protection of the privacy of child victims and child witnesses “A knowing or intentional violation of the privacy protection accorded by section 3509 of this title is a criminal contempt punishable by not more than one year’s imprisonment, or a fine under this title, or both.”.

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