Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 47 : Section 501


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 501. General penalty

      Any person who willfully and knowingly does or causes or suffers
    to be done any act, matter, or thing, in this chapter prohibited or
    declared to be unlawful, or who willfully and knowingly omits or
    fails to do any act, matter, or thing in this chapter required to
    be done, or willfully and knowingly causes or suffers such omission
    or failure, shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished for such
    offense, for which no penalty (other than a forfeiture) is provided
    in this chapter, by a fine of not more than $10,000 or by
    imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or both; except
    that any person, having been once convicted of an offense
    punishable under this section, who is subsequently convicted of
    violating any provision of this chapter punishable under this
    section, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000 or by
    imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or both.



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