36 CFR § 291.34 - Criminal penalties.

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title: "36 CFR § 291.34 - Criminal penalties."
title_number: 36
title_name: "Parks, Forests, and Public Property"
section_number: "291.34"
section_name: "Criminal penalties."
chapter_name: "FOREST SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
part_number: "291"
part_name: "PALEONTOLOGICAL RESOURCES PRESERVATION"
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authority: "16 U.S.C. 470aaa through 470aaa-11."
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# 291.34 Criminal penalties.

(a) A person who knowingly violates or counsels, procures, solicits, or employs another person to violate § 291.27 shall, upon conviction, be fined in accordance with Title 18, United States Code, or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both; but if the sum of the commercial and paleontological value of the paleontological resources involved and the cost of restoration and repair of such resources does not exceed $500, such person shall be fined in accordance with Title 18, United States Code, or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both.

(b) Paleontological and commercial values and the cost of restoration and repair are determined under §§ 291.37 through 291.39.