TITLE 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
CHAPTER 35 - INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY ECONOMIC POWERS
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Sec. 1705. Penalties
STATUTE
(a) A civil penalty of not to exceed $10,000 may be imposed on
any person who violates, or attempts to violate, any license,
order, or regulation issued under this chapter.
(b) Whoever willfully violates, or willfully attempts to violate,
any license, order, or regulation issued under this chapter shall,
upon conviction, be fined not more than $50,000, or, if a natural
person, may be imprisoned for not more than ten years, or both; and
any officer, director, or agent of any corporation who knowingly
participates in such violation may be punished by a like fine,
imprisonment, or both.
SOURCE
(Pub. L. 95-223, title II, Sec. 206, Dec. 28, 1977, 91 Stat. 1628;
Pub. L. 102-393, title VI, Sec. 629, Oct. 6, 1992, 106 Stat. 1773;
Pub. L. 102-396, title IX, Sec. 9155, Oct. 6, 1992, 106 Stat. 1943;
Pub. L. 104-201, div. A, title XIV, Sec. 1422, Sept. 23, 1996, 110
Stat. 2725.)
AMENDMENTS
1996 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104-201, Sec. 1422(1), inserted ", or
attempts to violate," after "violates".
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104-201, Sec. 1422(2), inserted ", or
willfully attempts to violate," after "violates".
1992 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102-396 substituted "$10,000" for
"$50,000".
Pub. L. 102-393 substituted "$50,000" for "$10,000".
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