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[CITE: 8USC1324d]

 
                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
 
                 CHAPTER 12--IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY
 
                       SUBCHAPTER II--IMMIGRATION
 
                  Part VIII--General Penalty Provisions
 
Sec. 1324d. Civil penalties for failure to depart


(a) In general

    Any alien subject to a final order of removal who--
        (1) willfully fails or refuses to--
            (A) depart from the United States pursuant to the order,
            (B) make timely application in good faith for travel or 
        other documents necessary for departure, or
            (C) present for removal at the time and place required by 
        the Attorney General; or

        (2) conspires to or takes any action designed to prevent or 
    hamper the alien's departure pursuant to the order,

shall pay a civil penalty of not more than $500 to the Commissioner for 
each day the alien is in violation of this section.

(b) Construction

    Nothing in this section shall be construed to diminish or qualify 
any penalties to which an alien may be subject for activities proscribed 
by section 1253(a) of this title or any other section of this chapter.

(June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title II, ch. 8, Sec. 274D, as added Pub. L. 
104-208, div. C, title III, Sec. 380(a), Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009-
650.)


                             Effective Date

    Section 308(c) of div. C of Pub. L. 104-208 provided that: ``The 
amendment made by subsection (a) [enacting this section] shall apply to 
actions occurring on or after the title III-A effective date (as defined 
in section 309(a) of this division [set out as a note under section 1101 
of this title]).''


References to Order of Removal Deemed To Include Order of Exclusion and 
                               Deportation

    For purposes of carrying out this chapter, any reference in law to 
an order of removal is deemed to include a reference to an order of 
exclusion and deportation or an order of deportation, see section 
309(d)(2) of Pub. L. 104-208, set out in an Effective Date of 1996 
Amendments note under section 1101 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 1330 of this title.
