46a USC Rule - Fines and penalties; conviction as rendering persons ineligible to receive benefits of law

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Whenever any natural person is found guilty in any district court of the United States of any act or acts declared in this chapter to constitute a misdemeanor, he shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000, or by imprisonment for not less than one year or more than five years, or by both fine and imprisonment. Whenever any corporation is found guilty of any act or acts declared in this chapter to be unlawful, such corporation shall be punished by a fine of not more than $25,000.

In addition to the punishment prescribed in section 1224 ^[1] of this Appendix, any person or corporation convicted of a misdemeanor under the provisions of this chapter shall be ineligible, at the discretion of the Commission or the Secretary of Transportation, to receive any benefits under subchapters V and VI of this chapter, or to receive a charter under subchapter VII of this chapter for a period of five years after conviction.

Whoever knowingly and willfully violates any order, rule, or regulation of the Federal Maritime Commission or the Secretary of Transportation made or issued in the exercise of the powers, duties, or functions transferred to it or him or vested in it or him by this chapter, as amended, for which no penalty is otherwise expressly provided, shall upon conviction thereof be subject to a fine of not more than $500. If such violation is a continuing one, each day of such violation shall constitute a separate offense.

[1] See References in Text note below.

Source

(June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title VIII, § 806(b)–(d), 49 Stat. 2014; Aug. 4, 1939, ch. 417, § 13,53 Stat. 1187; Pub. L. 97–31, § 12(125),Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 164.)

References in Text

Section 1224 of this Appendix, referred to in text, was repealed by Pub. L. 101–225, title III, § 307(7),Dec. 12, 1989, 103 Stat. 1925.

Codification

Section is comprised of subsecs. (b) to (d) ofsection 806 of act June 29, 1936. Subsec. (a) ofsection 806 is classified to section 1224 of this Appendix.

Amendments

1981—Pub. L. 97–31substituted “Commission or the Secretary of Transportation” for “Commission”, “Federal Maritime Commission or the Secretary of Transportation” for “United States Maritime Commission”, and “it or him” for “it” in two places. For prior transfers of functions of the Commission, meaning the United States Maritime Commission, see Transfer of Functions note below.

1939—Act Aug. 4, 1939, added third par.

Transfer of Functions

For transfer of functions of United States Maritime Commission, see Reorg. Plan No. 6 of 1949, Reorg. Plan No. 21 of 1950, and Reorg. Plan No. 7 of 1961, set out under section 1111 of this Appendix.

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