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title: "46 U.S.C. § 505"
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# 46 U.S.C. § 505 - Penalty for violating regulation or order
## Text
A person convicted of knowingly and willfully violating a regulation or order of the Federal Maritime Commission or the Secretary of Transportation under subtitle IV or V of this title, for which no penalty is expressly provided, shall be fined not more than $500. Each day of a continuing violation is a separate offense.
(Pub. L. 109304, § 4, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1491.)
## Notes
Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 50546 App.:1228 (last par.).June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title VIII, § 806(d); as added Aug. 4, 1939, ch. 417, § 13, 53 Stat. 1187; Pub. L. 9731, § 12(125), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 164.