§ 717t. — General penalties.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC717t]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 15B--NATURAL GAS
Sec. 717t. General penalties
(a) 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 by a fine of not more than
$5,000 or by imprisonment for not more than two years, or both.
(b) Any person who willfully and knowingly violates any rule,
regulation, restriction, condition, or order made or imposed by the
Commission under authority of this chapter, shall, in addition to any
other penalties provided by law, be punished upon conviction thereof by
a fine of not exceeding $500 for each and every day during which such
offense occurs.
(June 21, 1938, ch. 556, Sec. 21, 52 Stat. 833.)
Transfer of Functions
Federal Power Commission terminated and functions, personnel,
property, funds, etc., transferred to Secretary of Energy (except for
certain functions transferred to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)
by sections 7151(b), 7171(a), 7172(a), 7291, and 7293 of Title 42, The
Public Health and Welfare.
For transfer of functions of Federal Power Commission, with certain
reservations, to Chairman of such Commission, see Reorg. Plan No. 9 of
1950, Secs. 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3175, 64 Stat. 1265, set
out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in title 42 section 7172.
