{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/s2293","title":18,"num":"\u00a7\u202f2293.","heading":"Bar to prosecution","text":"\u00a7\u202f2293.\nBar to prosecution\n(a)\nIn General.\u2014\nIt is a bar to prosecution under this chapter if\u2014\n(1) the conduct in question occurred within the United States in relation to a labor dispute, and such conduct is prohibited as a felony under the law of the State in which it was committed; or\n(2) such conduct is prohibited as a misdemeanor, and not as a felony, under the law of the State in which it was committed.\n(b)\nDefinitions.\u2014\nIn this section:\n(1)\nLabor dispute.\u2014\nThe term \u201clabor dispute\u201d has the same meaning given that term in section 13(c) of the Act to amend the Judicial Code and to define and limit the jurisdiction of courts sitting in equity, and for other purposes (\n29 U.S.C. 113(c)\n(2)\nState.\u2014\nThe term \u201cState\u201d means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t18/s2293.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t18/s2293","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f2293."},{"t":"heading","text":"Bar to prosecution"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t18/s2293/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"In General.\u2014"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"It is a bar to prosecution under this chapter if\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t18/s2293/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" the conduct in question occurred within the United States in relation to a labor dispute, and such conduct is prohibited as a felony under the law of the State in which it was committed; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t18/s2293/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" such conduct is prohibited as a misdemeanor, and not as a felony, under the law of the State in which it was committed.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t18/s2293/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions.\u2014"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"In this section:"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t18/s2293/b/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Labor dispute.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"The term \u201clabor dispute\u201d has the same meaning given that term in section 13(c) of the Act to amend the Judicial Code and to define and limit the jurisdiction of courts sitting in equity, and for other purposes (","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"29 U.S.C. 113(c)","href":"/us/usc/t29/s113/c","tail":", commonly known as the Norris-LaGuardia Act)."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t18/s2293/b/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"heading","text":"State.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"The term \u201cState\u201d means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}