29 USC § 162 - Offenses and penalties

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identifier: "/us/usc/t29/s162"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "29 USC § 162 - Offenses and penalties"
title_number: 29
title_name: "LABOR"
section_number: "162"
section_name: "Offenses and penalties"
chapter_number: 7
chapter_name: "LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(July 5, 1935, ch. 372, § 12, 49 Stat. 456; June 23, 1947, ch. 120, title I, § 101, 61 Stat. 151.)"
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# § 162. Offenses and penalties

Any person who shall willfully resist, prevent, impede, or interfere with any member of the Board or any of its agents or agencies in the performance of duties pursuant to this subchapter shall be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000 or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.

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**Source Credit**: (July 5, 1935, ch. 372, § 12, 49 Stat. 456; June 23, 1947, ch. 120, title I, § 101, 61 Stat. 151.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1947—Act , reenacted section without change.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1947 Amendment

For effective date of amendment by act , see section 104 of act , set out as a note under .