Pub. L. 90-226, tit. IV, sec. 401

Sec. 401. Section 862 of the Act entitled “An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia”, approved March 3, 1901 (D.C. Code, sec 22–703), is amended to read as follows: “Sec. 862. (a) Whoever corruptly, by threats or force, endeavors to influence, intimidate, or impede any juror, witness, or officer in any court in the District in the discharge of his duties, or, by threats or force, in any other way obstructs or impedes or endeavors to obstruct or impede the due administration of justice therein, or whoever willfully endeavors by means of bribery, misrepresentation, intimidation, or force or threats of force, to obstruct, delay, or prevent the communication to an investigator of the District of Columbia government. by any person of information relating to a violation of any criminal statute in effect in the District of Columbia, or injures any person or his property on account of the giving by such person or by any other person of such information to any such investigator in the course of the conduct of any criminal investigation, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or be imprisoned not more than three years, or both. “(b) As used in this section, the term ‘criminal investigation’ means an investigation relating to a violation of any criminal statute in effect in the District of Columbia, and the term ‘investigator’ means an individual duly authorized by the Commissioner or his designated agent to conduct or engage in such an investigation.”