General penalty
United States Code
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★Highly CitedTop 3% most-cited · cited by 49 decisions
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Courts citing this statute
Most recently cited by10
- 2021James Van Connor v. Foresters Financial Services Inc D.S.C.
- 2009United States v. Gerritsen 9th Cir.
- 2000United States v. Any & All Radio Station Equipment S.D.N.Y.
- 2000United States v. Any & All Radio Station Transmission Equipment 6th Cir.
- 2000United States v. Neset 8th Cir.
- 1998United States v. Any & All Radio Station Transmission Equipment E.D. Mich.
- 1985Hillblom v. Northern Marianas Cable Television Corp. D. N. Mar. I.
- 1982American Television & Communications Corp. v. Western Techtronics, Inc. D. Colo.
- 1980Belluso v. Turner Communications Corp. 5th Cir.
- 1980United States v. Westbrook E.D. Mich.
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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. (Source: (June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title V, § 501, 48 Stat. 1100; Mar. 23, 1954, ch. 104, 68 Stat. 30.))