Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 18 : Section 241
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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 241 - Notes
SOURCE
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 696; Pub. L. 90-284, title I,
Sec. 103(a), Apr. 11, 1968, 82 Stat. 75; Pub. L. 100-690, title
VII, Sec. 7018(a), (b)(1), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4396; Pub. L.
103-322, title VI, Sec. 60006(a), title XXXII, Secs. 320103(a),
320201(a), title XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(L), Sept. 13, 1994, 108
Stat. 1970, 2109, 2113, 2147; Pub. L. 104-294, title VI, Secs.
604(b)(14)(A), 607(a), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3507, 3511.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 51 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch.
321, Sec. 19, 35 Stat. 1092).
Clause making conspirator ineligible to hold office was omitted
as incongruous because it attaches ineligibility to hold office to
a person who may be a private citizen and who was convicted of
conspiracy to violate a specific statute. There seems to be no
reason for imposing such a penalty in the case of one individual
crime, in view of the fact that other crimes do not carry such a
severe consequence. The experience of the Department of Justice is
that this unusual penalty has been an obstacle to successful
prosecutions for violations of the act.
Mandatory punishment provision was rephrased in the alternative.
Minor changes in phraseology were made.
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