§ 916f. — Violations; fines and 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: 16USC916f]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 14--REGULATION OF WHALING
SUBCHAPTER II--WHALING CONVENTION ACT
Sec. 916f. Violations; fines and penalties
Except as to violations defined in clause 3 of subsection (a) of
section 916c of this title, any person violating any provision of the
convention, or of any regulation of the Commission, or of this
subchapter, or of any regulation of the Secretary of Commerce upon
conviction, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or be imprisoned not
more than one year, or both. In addition the court may prohibit such
person from whaling for such period of time as it may determine, and may
order forfeited, in whole or in part, the whales taken by such person in
whaling during the season, or the whale products derived therefrom or
the monetary value thereof. Such forfeited whales or whale products
shall be disposed of in accordance with the direction of the court.
(Aug. 9, 1950, ch. 653, Sec. 8, 64 Stat. 423; 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 4,
eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090.)
Transfer of Functions
Transfer of functions to Secretary of Commerce from Secretary of the
Interior by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, see note set out under section
916 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 916e of this title.
