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[CITE: 50USC1705]

 
                   TITLE 50--WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
           CHAPTER 35--INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY ECONOMIC POWERS
 
Sec. 1705. Penalties

    (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.

(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''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 18 section 1956; title 22 
section 2778.
