Among the safeguards for labor organizations provided in title V is
a prohibition against the holding of office by 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.
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[50 FR 31310, Aug. 1, 1985]
