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title: "30 U.S.C. § 1720"
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# 30 U.S.C. § 1720 - Criminal penalties

## Text

Any person who commits an act for which a civil penalty is provided in section 1719(d) of this title shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than $50,000, or by imprisonment for not more than 2 years, or both.

(Pub. L. 97–451, title I, § 110, Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2455.)