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[CITE: 29USC1851]

 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
     CHAPTER 20--MIGRANT AND SEASONAL AGRICULTURAL WORKER PROTECTION
 
                    SUBCHAPTER V--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
                     Part A--Enforcement Provisions
 
Sec. 1851. Criminal sanctions


(a) Violations of chapter or regulations

    Any person who willfully and knowingly violates this chapter or any 
regulation under this chapter shall be fined not more than $1,000 or 
sentenced to prison for a term not to exceed one year, or both. Upon 
conviction for any subsequent violation of this chapter or any 
regulation under this chapter, the defendant shall be fined not more 
than $10,000 or sentenced to prison for a term not to exceed three 
years, or both.

(b) Violations of section 1324a(a) of title 8

    If a farm labor contractor who commits a violation of paragraph (1) 
or (2) of section 1324a(a) of title 8 has been refused issuance or 
renewal of, or has failed to obtain, a certificate of registration or is 
a farm labor contractor whose certificate has been suspended or revoked, 
the contractor shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than $10,000 or 
sentenced to prison for a term not to exceed three years, or both.

(Pub. L. 97-470, title V, Sec. 501, Jan. 14, 1983, 96 Stat. 2596; Pub. 
L. 99-603, title I, Sec. 101(b)(1)(D), Nov. 6, 1986, 100 Stat. 3372.)


                               Amendments

    1986--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99-603 substituted ``paragraph (1) or (2) 
of section 1324a(a) of title 8'' for ``section 1816 of this title''.


                    Effective Date of 1986 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 99-603 applicable to employment, recruitment, 
referral, or utilization of services of an individual occurring on or 
after first day of seventh month beginning after Nov. 6, 1986, see 
section 101(b)(2) of Pub. L. 99-603, as amended, set out as a note under 
section 1802 of this title.
