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[CITE: 21USC961]

 
                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
              CHAPTER 13--DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION AND CONTROL
 
                    SUBCHAPTER II--IMPORT AND EXPORT
 
Sec. 961. Prohibited acts B

    Any person who violates section 954 of this title or fails to notify 
the Attorney General of an importation or exportation under section 971 
of this title shall be subject to the following penalties:
        (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), any such person shall, 
    with respect to any such violation, be subject to a civil penalty of 
    not more than $25,000. Sections 842(c)(1) and (c)(3) of this title 
    shall apply to any civil penalty assessed under this paragraph.
        (2) If such a violation is prosecuted by an information or 
    indictment which alleges that the violation was committed knowingly 
    or intentionally and the trier of fact specifically finds that the 
    violation was so committed, such person shall be sentenced to 
    imprisonment for not more than one year or a fine of not more than 
    $25,000 or both.

(Pub. L. 91-513, title III, Sec. 1011, Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1290; 
Pub. L. 100-690, title VI, Sec. 6053(d), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4316.)


                               Amendments

    1988--Pub. L. 100-690 inserted ``or fails to notify the Attorney 
General of an importation or exportation under section 971 of this 
title''.


                    Effective Date of 1988 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 100-690 effective 120 days after Nov. 18, 1988, 
see section 6061 of Pub. L. 100-690, set out as a note under section 802 
of this title.
