§ 1826. Recalcitrant 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. 1970

   Organized Time Control Act of 1970

   Pub. L. 91–452 title III § 301(a) · 84 Stat. 922

   Enacted · 28 U.S.C. § 1826

   Added Pub. L. 91–452, title III, § 301(a), Oct. 15, 1970, 84 Stat. 932

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Added Pub. L. 91–452, title III, § 301(a), Oct. 15, 1970, 84 Stat. 932

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) Chapter 119, title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: “§ 1826. Recalcitrant witnesses “(a) Whenever a witness in any proceeding before or ancillary to any court or grand jury of the United States refuses without just cause shown to comply with an order of the court to testify or provide other information, including any book, paper, document, record, recording or other material, the court, upon such refusal, or when such refusal is duly brought to its attention, may summarily order his confinement at a suitable place until such time as the witness is willing to give such testimony or provide such information. No period of such confinement shall exceed the life of— “(1) the court proceeding, or “(2) the term of the grand jury, including extensions, before which such refusal to comply with the court order occurred, but in no event shall such confinement exceed eighteen months. “(b) No person confined pursuant to subsection (a) of tills section shall be admitted to bail pending the determination of an appeal taken by him from the order for his confinement if it appears that the appeal is frivolous or taken for delay. Any appeal from an order of confinement under this section shall be disposed of as soon as practicable, but not later than thirty days from the filing of such appeal.”

2. 1984

   Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984

   Pub. L. 98–473 title II § 1013 · 98 Stat. 1837

   Added · 28 U.S.C. § 1826(c)

   Pub. L. 98–473 added subsec. (c)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 98–473 added subsec. (c).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 1013. Section 1826 of title 28, United States Code is amended by adding a new subsection (c) as follows: “(c) Whoever escapes or attempts to escape from the custody of any facility or from any place in which or to which he is confined Ante, p. 2059. pursuant to this section or section 4243 of title 18, or whoever rescues or attempts to rescue or instigates, aids, or assists the escape or attempt to escape of such a person, shall be subject to imprisonment for not more than three years, or a fine of not more than $10,000, or both.”.

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