§ 916f. Violations; fines and penalties

Legislative history

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1. 1950

   Pub. L. 81–653 § 8 · 64 Stat. 421

   Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 916f

   Aug. 9, 1950, ch. 653, § 8, 64 Stat. 423

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Aug. 9, 1950, ch. 653, § 8, 64 Stat. 423

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 8. Except as to violations defined in clause 3 of subsection (a) of section (5( of this Act, any person violating any provision of the convention, or of any regulation of the Commission, or of this Act, or of any regulation of the Secretary of the Interior upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or be imprisoned not more than one year, or both. In addition the court may prohibit such person from whaling for such period of time as it may determine, and may order forfeited, in whole or in part, the whales taken by such person in whaling during the season, or the whale products derived therefrom or the monetary value thereof. Such forfeited whales or whale products shall be disposed of in accordance with the direction of the court.

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