{"id":"DUT-DC-007","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"District of Columbia","state":"DC","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Congress of the United States (Act of Aug. 11, 1939, ch. 601), as amended by the Council of the District of Columbia","authority":"Communicable and Preventable Diseases Act, 53 Stat. 1408, sec. 9, as amended by D.C. Law 6-83 sec. 3(e)","instrument":"D.C. Official Code sec. 7-139","title":"Interference unlawful","dateIssued":"1939-08-11","effective":"1939-08-11; in force throughout 2020-2021","end":"standing","startDate":"1939-08-11","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY"],"addressees":["persons generally; employers; owners or persons in control of premises"],"clause":"It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to obstruct, resist, oppose, or interfere with any person performing any duty or function under the authority of this subchapter or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder.","enforcement":"Misdemeanor; fine not exceeding $5,000, imprisonment not more than 90 days, or both (sec. 7-140, Ex. DUT-DC-008)","functions":[],"notes":"Binds every person, including every owner or operator of premises, not to obstruct, resist, oppose or interfere with DC Health, police or other officials performing communicable-disease duties (inspection under sec. 7-138, removal and detention under sec. 7-133, enforcement of rules under sec. 7-131).","sourceUrl":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/7-139","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":126791,"grade":"primary","character":"statutory_duty","description":"","collection":"DUT-DC","url":"/library/DUT-DC-007","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-DC-007","citation":"Congress of the United States (Act of Aug. 11, 1939, ch. 601), as amended by the Council of the District of Columbia, D.C. Official Code sec. 7-139 (standing) (Ex. DUT-DC-007)","stateName":"District of Columbia","related":["DUT-DC-008","DUT-DC-005","DUT-DC-006"]}