                 TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                             PART I--CRIMES
 
        CHAPTER 115--TREASON, SEDITION, AND SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES
 
Sec. 2382. Misprision of treason

    Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States and having knowledge 
of the commission of any treason against them, conceals and does not, as 
soon as may be, disclose and make known the same to the President or to 
some judge of the United States, or to the governor or to some judge or 
justice of a particular State, is guilty of misprision of treason and 
shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than seven years, 
or both.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 807; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, 
Sec. 330016(1)(H), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 3 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, 
Sec. 3, 35 Stat. 1088).
    Mandatory punishment provision was rephrased in the alternative.


                               Amendments

    1994--Pub. L. 103-322 substituted ``fined under this title'' for 
``fined not more than $1,000''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 14 of this title; title 5 
section 8312; title 8 section 1101; title 38 section 6105; title 50 App. 
section 34.
