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# 15 U.S.C. § 1717 - Penalties for violations
## Text
Any person who willfully violates any of the provisions of this chapter, or the rules and regulations prescribed pursuant thereto, or any person who willfully, in a statement of record filed under, or in a property report issued pursuant to, this chapter, makes any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein, shall upon conviction be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
(Pub. L. 90448, title XIV, § 1418, Aug. 1, 1968, 82 Stat. 598; Pub. L. 96153, title IV, § 408, Dec. 21, 1979, 93 Stat. 1132.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
Amendments1979—Pub. L. 96153 substituted “$10,000” for “$5,000”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1979 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 96153 effective on effective date of regulations implementing such amendment, but in no case later than six months following Dec. 21, 1979, see section 410 of Pub. L. 96153, set out as a note under section 1701 of this title.
Effective DateSection effective upon the expiration of two hundred and seventy days after Aug. 1, 1968, see section 1423 of Pub. L. 90448, set out as a note under section 1701 of this title.