An Act to amend the Federal Credit Union Act to allow Federal credit unions greater flexibility in their organization and operations
PL 88-353 (H.R.8459), enacted 07/02/1964

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PUBLIC LAW 88-a52-JULY 2. 1964 
[78 STAT. 
TITLE XI—MISCELLANEOUS 
Trial by jury. 
Exceptions. 
Double jeopardy. 
Attorney Gen-
eral, etc., au-
thority. 
States' 
ity. 
author-
Appropriation. 
Separability 
clause. 
SEC. 1101. In any proceeding for criminal contempt arising under 
title II, III, IV, V, VI, or VII of this Act, the accused, upon demand 
therefor, shall be entitled to a trial by jury, which shall conform 
as near as may be to the practice in criminal cases. Upon conviction, 
the accused shall not be fined more than $1,000 or imprisoned for 
more than six months. 
This section shall not apply to contempts committed in the presence 
of the court, or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of 
justice, nor to the misbehavior, misconduct, or disolwdience of any 
officer of the court in respect to writs, orders, or process of the court. 
No person shall be convicted of criminal contempt hereunder unless 
the act or omission constituting such contempt shall have been inten-
tional, as required in other cases of criminal contempt. 
Nor shall anything herein be construed to deprive courts of their 
power, by civil contempt proceedings, without a jury, to secure com-
pliance with or to prevent obstruction of, as distinguished from 
punishment for violations of, any lawful writ, process, order, rule, 
decree, or command of the court in accordance with the prevailing 
usages of law and equity, including the power of detention. 
SEC. 1102. No person should be put twice in jeopardy under the 
laws of the United States for the same act or omission. 
For this 
reason, an acquittal or conviction in a prosecution for a specific crime 
under the laws of the United States shall bar a proceeding for crim-
inal contempt, which is based upon the same act or omission and 
which arises under the provisions of this Act; and an acquittal or 
conviction in a proceeding for criminal contempt, which arises under 
the provisions of this Act, shall bar a prosecution for a specific crime 
under the laws of the United States based upon the same act or 
omission. 
SEC. 1103. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to deny, impair, 
or otherwise affect any right or authority of the Attorney General or 
of the United States or any agency or officer thereof under existing 
law to institute or intervene in any action or proceeding. 
SEC. 1104. Nothing contained in any title of this Act shall be 
construed as indicating an intent on the part of Congress to occupy 
the field in which any such title operates to the exclusion of State laws 
on the same subject matter, nor shall anv provision of this Act be 
construed as invalidating any provision oi State law unless such pro-
vision is inconsistent with any of the purposes of this Act, or any 
provision thereof. 
SEC. 1105. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such 
sums as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. 
SEC. 1106. If any provision of this Act or the application thereof 
to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the remainder of the 
Act and the application of the provision to other persons not similarly 
situated or to other circumstances shall not be affected thereby. 
Approved July 2, 1964.