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21 USC Sec. 961 01/22/02
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TITLE 21 - FOOD AND DRUGS
CHAPTER 13 - DRUG ABUSE
PREVENTION AND CONTROL
SUBCHAPTER II - IMPORT
AND EXPORT
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Sec. 961. Prohibited acts
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Any person who violates section
954 of this title or fails to notify the Attorney
General of an importation or exportation under section 971of
this title shall be subject to the following penalties:
(1) Except as provided in
paragraph (2), any such person shall, with respect to any such violation,
be subject to a civil penalty of not more than $25,000. Sections 842(c)(1)
and (c)(3) of this title shall apply to any civil penalty assessed
under this paragraph.
(2) If such a violation
is prosecuted by an information or indictment
which alleges that the violation was committed knowingly
or intentionally and the trier of fact specifically finds
that the violation was so committed, such person shall be sentenced
to imprisonment for not more than one year or a fine of not
more than $25,000 or both.
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(Pub. L. 91-513, title III,
Sec. 1011, Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1290;
Pub. L. 100-690, title VI, Sec. 6053(d), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat.
4316.)
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AMENDMENTS
1988 - Pub. L. 100-690 inserted
''or fails to notify the Attorney General
of an importation or exportation under section 971
of this title''.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1988 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 100-690
effective 120 days after Nov. 18, 1988,
see section 6061 of Pub. L. 100-690, set out as a note under section
802 of this title.
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