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[CITE: 49USC46315]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                     SUBTITLE VII--AVIATION PROGRAMS
 
                     PART A--AIR COMMERCE AND SAFETY
 
                  subpart iv--enforcement and penalties
 
                         CHAPTER 463--PENALTIES
 
Sec. 46315. Lighting violations involving transporting 
        controlled substances by aircraft not providing air 
        transportation
        
    (a) Application.--This section applies only to aircraft not used to 
provide air transportation.
    (b) Criminal Penalty.--A person shall be fined under title 18, 
imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both, if--
        (1) the person knowingly and willfully operates an aircraft in 
    violation of a regulation or requirement of the Administrator of the 
    Federal Aviation Administration related to the display of navigation 
    or anticollision lights;
        (2) the person is knowingly transporting a controlled substance 
    by aircraft or aiding or facilitating a controlled substance 
    offense; and
        (3) the transporting, aiding, or facilitating--
            (A) is punishable by death or imprisonment for more than one 
        year under a law of the United States or a State; or
            (B) is provided in connection with an act punishable by 
        death or imprisonment for more than one year under a law of the 
        United States or a State related to a controlled substance 
        (except a law related to simple possession of a controlled 
        substance).

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1240.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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46315(a)..............................  49 App.:1303 (note).             Nov. 1
8, 1988, Pub. L. 100-690, Sec.
                                                                          7214,
 102 Stat. 4434.
46315(b)..............................  49 App.:1472(q).                 Aug. 2
3, 1958, Pub. L. 85-726, 72 Stat.
                                                                          731, 
Sec.  902(q); added Oct. 19,
                                                                          1984,
 Pub. L. 98-499, Sec.  5(a), 98
                                                                          Stat.
 2315; restated Oct. 27, 1986,
                                                                          Pub. 
L. 99-570, Sec.  3401(b)(1), 100
                                                                          Stat.
 3207-100; Nov. 18, 1988, Pub. L.
                                                                          100-6
90, Sec.  7209(c)(1), (2)(A), 102
                                                                          Stat.
 4432.
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    In subsection (b), before clause (1), the words ``fined under title 
18'' are substituted for ``a fine not exceeding $25,000'' for 
consistency with title 18. In clause (2), the word ``knowingly'' is 
substituted for ``and with knowledge of such act'' to eliminate 
unnecessary words.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 106, 44936 of this title.
