12 USC § 4636b - Criminal penalty

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identifier: "/us/usc/t12/s4636b"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "12 USC § 4636b - Criminal penalty"
title_number: 12
title_name: "BANKS AND BANKING"
section_number: "4636b"
section_name: "Criminal penalty"
chapter_number: 46
chapter_name: "GOVERNMENT SPONSORED ENTERPRISES"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 102–550, title XIII, § 1378, as added Pub. L. 110–289, div. A, title I, § 1156(a), July 30, 2008, 122 Stat. 2777.)"
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# § 4636b. Criminal penalty

section 4636a of this titlesection 3571 of title 18

Whoever, being subject to an order in effect under , without the prior written approval of the Director, knowingly participates, directly or indirectly, in any manner (including by engaging in an activity specifically prohibited in such an order) in the conduct of the affairs of any regulated entity shall, notwithstanding , be fined not more than $1,000,000, imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 102–550, title XIII, § 1378, as added Pub. L. 110–289, div. A, title I, § 1156(a), July 30, 2008, 122 Stat. 2777.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior  was renumbered section 1379A and is classified to .