§ 231. — Civil disorders.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC231]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I--CRIMES
CHAPTER 12--CIVIL DISORDERS
Sec. 231. Civil disorders
(a)(1) Whoever teaches or demonstrates to any other person the use,
application, or making of any firearm or explosive or incendiary device,
or technique capable of causing injury or death to persons, knowing or
having reason to know or intending that the same will be unlawfully
employed for use in, or in furtherance of, a civil disorder which may in
any way or degree obstruct, delay, or adversely affect commerce or the
movement of any article or commodity in commerce or the conduct or
performance of any federally protected function; or
(2) Whoever transports or manufactures for transportation in
commerce any firearm, or explosive or incendiary device, knowing or
having reason to know or intending that the same will be used unlawfully
in furtherance of a civil disorder; or
(3) Whoever commits or attempts to commit any act to obstruct,
impede, or interfere with any fireman or law enforcement officer
lawfully engaged in the lawful performance of his official duties
incident to and during the commission of a civil disorder which in any
way or degree obstructs, delays, or adversely affects commerce or the
movement of any article or commodity in commerce or the conduct or
performance of any federally protected function--
Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five
years, or both.
(b) Nothing contained in this section shall make unlawful any act of
any law enforcement officer which is performed in the lawful performance
of his official duties.
(Added Pub. L. 90-284, title X, Sec. 1002(a), Apr. 11, 1968, 82 Stat.
90; amended Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(L), Sept. 13,
1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)
Amendments
1994--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103-322 substituted ``fined under this
title'' for ``fined not more than $10,000'' in concluding par.
Short Title
Section 1001 of title X of Pub. L. 90-284 provided that: ``This
title [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the `Civil Obedience Act
of 1968'.''
