[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR452.9]

[Page 172-173]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
  CHAPTER IV--OFFICE OF LABOR-MANAGEMENT STANDARDS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 452_GENERAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE ELECTION PROVISIONS OF THE 
LABOR-MANAGEMENT REPORTING AND DISCLOSURE ACT OF 1959--Table of Contents
 
        Subpart B_Other Provisions of the Act Affecting Title IV
 
Sec. 452.9  Prohibition against certain persons holding office; 
section 504.

    Among the safeguards for labor organizations provided in title V is 
a prohibition against the holding of office by

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certain classes of persons. \10\ This provision makes it a crime for any 
person willfully to serve in certain positions, including as an elected 
officer of a labor organization, for a period of three to thirteen years 
after conviction or imprisonment for the commission of specified 
offenses, including violation of titles II or III of the Act, or 
conspiracy or attempt to commit such offenses. It is likewise a crime 
for any labor organization or officer knowingly to permit such a person 
to serve in such positions. Persons subject to the prohibition 
applicable to convicted criminals may serve if their citizenship rights 
have been fully restored after being taken away by reason of the 
conviction, or if, following the procedures set forth in the Act, it is 
determined that their service would not be contrary to the purposes of 
the Act.
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    \10\ Act, sec. 504(a) (29 U.S.C. 504), as amended by the 
Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984, Public Law 98-473, secs. 229, 
235, 803 and 804. See text at footnote 23 for a list of the disabling 
crimes.

[50 FR 31310, Aug. 1, 1985]