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title: "7 U.S.C. § 96"
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title_number: 7
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# 7 U.S.C. § 96 - Punishment for violation of prohibition

## Text

Any person willfully violating any provision of section 95 of this title shall, on conviction, be punished for each offense by a fine not exceeding $5,000 or by imprisonment for not exceeding one year, or both.

(Mar. 3, 1923, ch. 217, § 6, 42 Stat. 1436.)