46 CFR § 501.104 - Penalties.
---
identifier: "/us/cfr/t46/s501.104"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "46 CFR § 501.104 - Penalties."
title_number: 46
title_name: "Shipping"
section_number: "501.104"
section_name: "Penalties."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS"
part_number: "501"
part_name: "THE FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION—GENERAL"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 551-557, 701-706, 2903 and 6304; 31 U.S.C. 3721; 41 U.S.C. 414 and 418; 44 U.S.C. 501-520 and 3501-3520; 46 U.S.C. 40101-41309, 42101-42109, 44101-44106, 46101-46108; Pub. L. 89-56, 70 Stat. 195; 5 CFR part 2638; Pub. L. 104-320, 110 Stat. 3870."
regulatory_source: "86 FR 50681, Sept. 10, 2021, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "501"
---
# 501.104 Penalties.
(a) Falsely making, forging, counterfeiting, mutilating, or altering the seal of the Federal Maritime Commission, or knowingly using or possessing with fraudulent intent an altered seal is punishable under 18 U.S.C. 506.
(b) Any person using the seal in a manner inconsistent with the provisions of this subpart is subject to the provisions of 18 U.S.C. 1017, which states penalties for the wrongful use of an agency seal, and other provisions of law as applicable.
(c) Any person using the seal in a manner inconsistent with the provisions of this part is subject to the provisions of 18 U.S.C. 701, which states the penalties for the wrongful use of badges, identification cards, insignia, and other designs prescribed by an agency.