Misprision of Treason: Defined

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U.S. Code as of: 01/26/1998

Sec. 2382. Misprision of treason

  Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States and having

knowledge of the commission of any treason against them, conceals

and does not, as soon as may be, disclose and make known the same

to the President or to some judge of the United States, or to the

governor or to some judge or justice of a particular State, is

guilty of misprision of treason and shall be fined under this title

or imprisoned not more than seven years, or both.

Source

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 807; Sept. 13, 1994, Pub. L.

103-322, title XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(H), 108 Stat. 2147.)

                    HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES

  Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 3 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch.

321, Sec. 3, 35 Stat. 1088).

  Mandatory punishment provision was rephrased in the alternative.

                             AMENDMENTS

  1994 - Pub. L. 103-322 substituted ''fined under this title'' for

''fined not more than $1,000''.

                             CANAL ZONE

  Applicability of section to Canal Zone, see section 14 of this

title.

                          CROSS REFERENCES

  Federal retirement benefits, forfeiture upon conviction of

offenses under this section, see section 8312 of Title 5,

Government Organization and Employees.

  Forfeiture of veterans' benefits upon conviction under this

section, see section 6105 of Title 38, Veterans' Benefits.

  Misprision of felony, see section 4 of this title.

               SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

  This section is referred to in section 14 of this title; title 5

section 8312; title 8 section 1101; title 38 section 6105; title 50

App. section 34.

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