---
kind: "section"
citation: "18 U.S.C. § 403"
title: "18"
title_heading: "Crimes and Criminal Procedure"
number: "403"
heading: "Protection of the privacy of child victims and child witnesses"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/18/403"
units:
  - "Part I — Crimes"
  - "Chapter 21 — Contempts"
---

# §403. Protection of the privacy of child victims and child witnesses


A knowing or intentional violation of the privacy protection accorded by [section 3509 of this title](/usc/18/3509.md) is a criminal contempt punishable by not more than one year’s imprisonment, or a fine under this title, or both.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 101–647, title II, § 225(b)(1), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4805.)