Age Discrimination Employment Act

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CRIMINAL PENALTIES

SEC. 629. [Section 10]

Whoever shall forcibly resist, oppose, impede, intimidate or interfere
with a duly authorized representative of the Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission while it is engaged in the performance of duties under this
chapter shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500 or by
imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both:  Provided, however,
That no person shall be imprisoned under this section except when there
has been a prior conviction hereunder. 

Editor's Note
Act
Statement of finding and purpose
Education and research program
Prohibition of age discrimination
Study by secretary of labor
Administration
Recordkeeping, Investigation, and enforcement
Notice to be posted
Rules and regulations
Criminal penalties
Definitions
Age limitations
Annual report
Federal-state relationship
Nondiscrimination on account of age in federal government employment
Effective date
Appropriations