12 USC § 1956 - Criminal penalty

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identifier: "/us/usc/t12/s1956"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "12 USC § 1956 - Criminal penalty"
title_number: 12
title_name: "BANKS AND BANKING"
section_number: "1956"
section_name: "Criminal penalty"
chapter_number: 21
chapter_name: "FINANCIAL RECORDKEEPING"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 91–508, title I, § 126, Oct. 26, 1970, 84 Stat. 1118.)"
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# § 1956. Criminal penalty

Whoever willfully violates any regulation under this chapter shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 91–508, title I, § 126, Oct. 26, 1970, 84 Stat. 1118.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective on first day of seventh calendar month which begins after , except that the Secretary of the Treasury may, by regulation, provide that this section be effective on any date not earlier than the publication of such regulations in the Federal Register and not later than first day of thirteenth calendar month which begins after , see section 401(a), (b) of , set out as a note under .