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47 U.S.C. § 501General penalty

submitted 92 years ago by ch. 652 to r/title-47-TELECOMMUNICATIONS · 156 words · no verdicts yet

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Anyone who knowingly breaks a rule in this chapter, or knowingly fails to do something it requires, can be fined up to $10,000 or imprisoned up to a year. This applies only when no other penalty is set. A second violation raises the maximum prison term to two years.

Anyone who willfully and knowingly does something this chapter prohibits, or fails to do something it requires, can be punished — but only for violations that don't already have their own penalty (other than a forfeiture) written into this chapter. The punishment is a fine of up to $10,000, imprisonment for up to one year, or both. If someone has already been convicted once under this section, and is later convicted again of violating a provision punishable under this section, the punishment goes up: a fine of up to $10,000, imprisonment for up to two years, or both.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

Any person who willfully and knowingly does or causes or suffers to be done any act, matter, or thing, in this chapter prohibited or declared to be unlawful, or who willfully and knowingly omits or fails to do any act, matter, or thing in this chapter required to be done, or willfully and knowingly causes or suffers such omission or failure, shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished for such offense, for which no penalty (other than a forfeiture) is provided in this chapter, by a fine of not more than $10,000 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or both; except that any person, having been once convicted of an offense punishable under this section, who is subsequently convicted of violating any provision of this chapter punishable under this section, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or both.

Source credit: (June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title V, § 501, 48 Stat. 1100; Mar. 23, 1954, ch. 104, 68 Stat. 30.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1934Enacted · Act of June 19, 1934, ch. 652 · 48 Stat. 1100
  • 1954Amended · Act of Mar. 23, 1954, ch. 104 · 68 Stat. 30

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 652 on 1934-06-19.

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