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type: "LegalText"
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title: "18 U.S.C. § 177"
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description: "Injunctions"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 18
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title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
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chapter_number: "10"
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chapter_name: "BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS"
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section: "177"
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---
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# 18 U.S.C. § 177 - Injunctions
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## Text
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(a) In General.— The United States may obtain in a civil action an injunction against—
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(1) the conduct prohibited under section 175 of this title;
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(2) the preparation, solicitation, attempt, threat, or conspiracy to engage in conduct prohibited under section 175 of this title; or
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(3) the development, production, stockpiling, transferring, acquisition, retention, or possession, or the attempted development, production, stockpiling, transferring, acquisition, retention, or possession of any biological agent, toxin, or delivery system of a type or in a quantity that under the circumstances has no apparent justification for prophylactic, protective, or other peaceful purposes.
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(b) Affirmative Defense.— It is an affirmative defense against an injunction under subsection (a)(3) of this section that—
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(1) the conduct sought to be enjoined is for a prophylactic, protective, or other peaceful purpose; and
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(2) such biological agent, toxin, or delivery system is of a type and quantity reasonable for that purpose.
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(Added Pub. L. 101–298, § 3(a), May 22, 1990, 104 Stat. 202; amended Pub. L. 104–132, title V, § 511(b)(2), Apr. 24, 1996, 110 Stat. 1284.)
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## Notes
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Editorial Notes
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Amendments1996—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 104–132 inserted “threat,” after “attempt,”.
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