Federal · Title 5 — Government Organization and Employees

5 U.S.C. § 7313: Riots and civil disorders

Felony

What this law says, in plain English

Law defines criminal offenses related to riots and civil disorders, including inciting, organizing, participating in, or aiding such acts, as felonies when imprisonment exceeds one year.

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inciting a riot or civil disorder; organizing, promoting, encouraging, or participating in a riot or civil disorder; aiding or abetting any person in committing any offense specified in clause (1) or (2); or any offense determined by the head of the employing agency to have been committed in furtherance of, or while participating in, a riot or civil disorder; For the purposes of this section, “felony” means any offense for which imprisonment is authorized for a term exceeding one year.

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