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Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 -> 59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun, verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make legal-us-code default now covers every title. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "LegalText"
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title: "29 U.S.C. § 1131"
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description: "Criminal penalties"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 29
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title_name: "LABOR"
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chapter_number: "18"
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chapter_name: "EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY PROGRAM"
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section: "1131"
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citation: "29 U.S.C. § 1131"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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# 29 U.S.C. § 1131 - Criminal penalties
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## Text
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(a) Any person who willfully violates any provision of part 1 of this subtitle, or any regulation or order issued under any such provision, shall upon conviction be fined not more than $100,000 or imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both; except that in the case of such violation by a person not an individual, the fine imposed upon such person shall be a fine not exceeding $500,000.
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(b) Any person that violates section 1149 of this title shall upon conviction be imprisoned not more than 10 years or fined under title 18, or both.
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(Pub. L. 93–406, title I, § 501, Sept. 2, 1974, 88 Stat. 891; Pub. L. 107–204, title IX, § 904, July 30, 2002, 116 Stat. 805; Pub. L. 111–148, title VI, § 6601(b), Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 779.)
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## Notes
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Editorial Notes
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Amendments2010—Pub. L. 111–148 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b). 2002—Pub. L. 107–204 substituted “$100,000” for “$5,000”, “10 years” for “one year”, and “$500,000” for “$100,000”.
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
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RegulationsSecretary authorized, effective Sept. 2, 1974, to promulgate regulations wherever provisions of this subchapter call for the promulgation of regulations, see section 1031 of this title.
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