15 USC § 1196 - Penalties

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identifier: "/us/usc/t15/s1196"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "15 USC § 1196 - Penalties"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "1196"
section_name: "Penalties"
chapter_number: 25
chapter_name: "FLAMMABLE FABRICS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 30, 1953, ch. 164, § 7, 67 Stat. 114; Pub. L. 95–631, § 8(b), Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3747; Pub. L. 110–314, title II, § 217(c)(4), Aug. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 3060.)"
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# § 1196. Penalties

Violation of section 1192 or 1197(b) of this title, or failure to comply with section 1202(c) of this title, is punishable by—

**(1)** imprisonment for not more than 5 years for a knowing and willful violation of that section;

**(2)** a fine determined under section 3571 of title 18; or

**(3)** both.

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**Source Credit**: (June 30, 1953, ch. 164, § 7, 67 Stat. 114; Pub. L. 95–631, § 8(b), Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3747; Pub. L. 110–314, title II, § 217(c)(4), Aug. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 3060.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2008— amended section generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “Any person who willfully violates section 1192 or 1197(b) of this title, or who fails to comply with , shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than $5,000 or be imprisoned not more than one year or both in the discretion of the court: , That nothing herein shall limit other provisions of this chapter.”

1978— authorized penalties for noncompliance with .