§ 509. Penalty  


Latest version.
  • A person violating a regulation prescribed under this chapter shall be fined under title 18 or imprisoned for not more than 30 days. A separate violation occurs under this section for each day the violation continues.

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1265.)

Historical And Revision

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised

Section

Source (U.S. Code)

Source (Statutes at Large)

509

36:728 (3d, last sentences).

Aug. 6, 1956, ch. 974, § 8 (3d, last sentences), 70 Stat. 1051; Jan. 30, 1968, Pub. L. 90–251, § 3, 82 Stat. 4.

The words “by the Council of the District of Columbia” and “the authority of” are omitted as unnecessary. The words “under title 18” are substituted for “not more than $100” for consistency with title 18. The words “A separate violation occurs under this section for each day the violation continues” are substituted for 36:728 (last sentence) for consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the United States Code and to eliminate unnecessary words.