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legal/us/code/title-16/chapter-75/section-5508.md

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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "16 U.S.C. § 5508"
+description: "Criminal offenses"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 16
+title_name: "CONSERVATION"
+chapter_number: "75"
+chapter_name: "HIGH SEAS FISHING COMPLIANCE"
+section: "5508"
+citation: "16 U.S.C. § 5508"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
+source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc16@119-100.zip"
+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s5508"
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+confidence: "official"
+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 5508 - Criminal offenses
+
+## Text
+
+(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 5505 of this title.
+
+(b) Punishment Any offense described in subsection (a) is a class A misdemeanor punishable by a fine under title 18, 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, or imprisonment for not more than 10 years, or both.
+
+(Pub. L. 104–43, title I, § 109, Nov. 3, 1995, 109 Stat. 375.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
+
+Effective DateSection effective 120 days after Nov. 3, 1995, see section 111 of Pub. L. 104–43, set out as a note under section 5501 of this title.