{"identifier":"/us/usc/t16/s4224","title":16,"num":"\u00a7\u202f4224.","heading":"Penalties and enforcement","text":"\u00a7\u202f4224.\nPenalties and enforcement\n(a)\nCriminal violations\nWhoever knowingly violates\nsection 4223 of this title\n(b)\nCivil violations\nWhoever violates\nsection 4223 of this title\n(c)\nProcedures for assessment of civil penalty\nProceedings for the assessment of a civil penalty under this section shall be conducted in accordance with the procedures provided for in\nsection 1540(a) of this title\n(d)\nUse of penalties\nSubject to appropriations, penalties collected under this section may be used by the Secretary of the Treasury to pay rewards under\nsection 4225 of this title\n(e)\nEnforcement\nThe Secretary, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall enforce this subchapter in the same manner such Secretaries carry out enforcement activities under\nsection 1540(e) of this title\nSection 1540(c) of this title","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t16/s4224.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t16/s4224","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f4224."},{"t":"heading","text":"Penalties and enforcement"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t16/s4224/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Criminal violations"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"Whoever knowingly violates ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 4223 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t16/s4223","tail":" shall, upon conviction, be fined under title 18 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t16/s4224/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Civil violations"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"Whoever violates ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 4223 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t16/s4223","tail":" may be assessed a civil penalty by the Secretary of not more than $5,000 for each such violation."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t16/s4224/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Procedures for assessment of civil penalty"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"Proceedings for the assessment of a civil penalty under this section shall be conducted in accordance with the procedures provided for in ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 1540(a) of this title","href":"/us/usc/t16/s1540/a","tail":"."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t16/s4224/d","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(d)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Use of penalties"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"Subject to appropriations, penalties collected under this section may be used by the Secretary of the Treasury to pay rewards under ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 4225 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t16/s4225","tail":" and, to the extent not used to pay such rewards, shall be deposited by the Secretary of the Treasury into the Fund."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t16/s4224/e","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(e)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Enforcement"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"The Secretary, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall enforce this subchapter in the same manner such Secretaries carry out enforcement activities under ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 1540(e) of this title","href":"/us/usc/t16/s1540/e","tail":". "},{"t":"ref","text":"Section 1540(c) of this title","href":"/us/usc/t16/s1540/c","tail":" shall apply to actions arising under this subchapter."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}