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15 U.S.C. § 1717

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/us/usc/t15/s1717
Title
15 — Commerce and Trade
Chapter
CH42
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17

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Any person who willfully violates any of the provisions of this chapter, or the rules and regulations prescribed pursuant thereto, or any person who willfully, in a statement of record filed under, or in a property report issued pursuant to, this chapter, makes any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein, shall upon conviction be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. (Pub. L. 90–448, title XIV, § 1418, Aug. 1, 1968, 82 Stat. 598; Pub. L. 96–153, title IV, § 408, Dec. 21, 1979, 93 Stat. 1132.) Editorial Notes Amendments1979—Pub. L. 96–153 substituted “$10,000” for “$5,000”. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries Effective Date of 1979 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 96–153 effective on effective date of regulations implementing such amendment, but in no case later than six months following Dec. 21, 1979, see section 410 of Pub. L. 96–153, set out as a note under section 1701 of this title. Effective DateSection effective upon the expiration of two hundred and seventy days after Aug. 1, 1968, see section 1423 of Pub. L. 90–448, set out as a note under section 1701 of this title.

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