§ 5508. Criminal offenses

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1995

   High Seas Fishing Compliance Act of 1995

   Pub. L. 104–43 title I § 109 · 109 Stat. 366

   Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 5508

   (Pub. L. 104–43, title I, § 109, Nov. 3, 1995, 109 Stat. 375.)

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   (Pub. L. 104–43, title I, § 109, Nov. 3, 1995, 109 Stat. 375.)

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 109. CRIMINAL OFFENSES. (a) Offenses.— A person is guilty of an offense if the person commits any act prohibited by paragraph (6), (7), (8), or (9) of section 106. (b) Punishment.— Any offense described in subsection (a) is a class A misdemeanor punishable by a fine under title 18, United States Code, or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both; except that if in the commission of any offense the person uses a dangerous weapon, engages in conduct that causes bodily injury to any authorized officer, or places any such officer in fear of imminent bodily injury, the offense is a felony punishable by a fine under title 18, United States Code, or imprisonment for not more than 10 years, or both.

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