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# 16 U.S.C. § 730 - Violations of law or regulations; punishment

## Text

Any person who shall violate or fail to comply with any provision of or any regulation made pursuant to this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than $500 or be imprisoned not more than six months, or both.

(June 7, 1924, ch. 346, § 11, 43 Stat. 652.)