                 TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                             PART I--CRIMES
 
                   CHAPTER 49--FUGITIVES FROM JUSTICE
 
Sec. 1071. Concealing person from arrest

    Whoever harbors or conceals any person for whose arrest a warrant or 
process has been issued under the provisions of any law of the United 
States, so as to prevent his discovery and arrest, after notice or 
knowledge of the fact that a warrant or process has been issued for the 
apprehension of such person, shall be fined under this title or 
imprisoned not more than one year, or both; except that if the warrant 
or process issued on a charge of felony, or after conviction of such 
person of any offense, the punishment shall be a fine of \1\ under this 
title, or imprisonment for not more than five years, or both.
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    \1\ So in original. The word ``of'' probably should not appear.
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(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 755; Aug. 20, 1954, ch. 771, 68 Stat. 
747; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(H), (K), Sept. 13, 
1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 246 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 
321, Sec. 141, 35 Stat. 1114).
    Section 246 of title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., was divided. Part is in 
this section and the remainder is incorporated in section 752 of this 
title.
    Minor changes were made in phraseology.


                               Amendments

    1994--Pub. L. 103-322 substituted ``under this title'' for ``not 
more than $1,000'' after ``person, shall be fined'' and for ``not more 
than $5,000'' after ``shall be a fine of''.
    1954--Act Aug. 20, 1954, increased the penalty from 6 months to 1 
year where the violator harbored a person for whom process has been 
issued on a misdemeanor charge and inserted the penalty provision where 
the violation occurred after a person has been convicted of any offense 
or where a process has been issued for a felony.
