§ 212. — Refusal or neglect of employees to perform duties.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 13USC212]
TITLE 13--CENSUS
CHAPTER 7--OFFENSES AND PENALTIES
SUBCHAPTER I--OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
Sec. 212. Refusal or neglect of employees to perform duties
Whoever, being an employee referred to in subchapter II of chapter 1
of this title, and having taken and subscribed the oath of office,
neglects or refuses, without justifiable cause, to perform the duties
enjoined on such employee by this title, shall be fined not more than
$500.
(Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1158, 68 Stat. 1022.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 13, U.S.C., 1952 ed., Secs. 122, 208, 252, and
section 1442 of title 42, U.S.C., 1952 ed., The Public Health and
Welfare (June 18, 1929, ch. 28, Sec. 8, 46 Stat. 23; June 19, 1948, ch.
502, Sec. 2, 62 Stat. 479; June 19, 1949, ch. 338, title VI, Sec. 607,
63 Stat. 441; Sept. 7, 1950, ch. 910, Sec. 2, 64 Stat. 784).
Section consolidates part of section 208 of title 13, U.S.C., 1952
ed., which was a part of chapter 4 of such title relating to the
censuses of population, agriculture, etc., with those parts of sections
122 and 252 of such title which made such section 208 applicable to the
censuses of manufacturers, the mineral industries and other businesses,
and governments, and with that part of subsection (b) of section 1442 of
title 42, U.S.C., 1952 ed., which made such section 208 applicable to
the housing censuses. For remainder of sections 122, 208 and 252 of
title 13, U.S.C., 1952 ed., and of section 1442 of title 42, U.S.C.,
1952 ed., (which section has been transferred in its entirety to this
revised title), see Distribution Table.
Section has been made applicable to all employees referred to in
subchapter II of chapter 1 of this title, and to duties enjoined on them
by any provision of this title, which was probably the original
legislative intent.
The words ``being an employee referred to in subchapter II of
chapter 1 of this title'' were substituted for the enumeration in
section 208 of title 13, U.S.C., 1952 ed., of ``supervisor, supervisor's
clerk, enumerator, interpreter, special agent, or other employee'',
since such reference will cover those employees.
Reference in section 208 of title 13, U.S.C., 1952 ed., to the
offense, herein described as a misdemeanor, and words therein ``, and
upon conviction thereof'', were omitted, the former, as superseded and
covered by section 1 of title 18, U.S.C., 1952 ed., Crimes and Criminal
Procedure, classifying offenses, and the latter, as surplusage.
Changes were made in phraseology.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 307 of this title.
