16 USC § 916f - Violations; fines and penalties

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s916f"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 916f - Violations; fines and penalties"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "916f"
section_name: "Violations; fines and penalties"
chapter_number: 14
chapter_name: "REGULATION OF WHALING"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "WHALING CONVENTION ACT"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 9, 1950, ch. 653, § 8, 64 Stat. 423; 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 4, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090.)"
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# § 916f. Violations; fines and penalties

section 916c of this title

Except as to violations defined in clause 3 of subsection (a) of , any person violating any provision of the convention, or of any regulation of the Commission, or of this subchapter, or of any regulation of the Secretary of Commerce upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or be imprisoned not more than one year, or both. In addition the court may prohibit such person from whaling for such period of time as it may determine, and may order forfeited, in whole or in part, the whales taken by such person in whaling during the season, or the whale products derived therefrom or the monetary value thereof. Such forfeited whales or whale products shall be disposed of in accordance with the direction of the court.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 9, 1950, ch. 653, § 8, 64 Stat. 423; 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 4, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090.)

## Executive Documents

### Transfer of Functions

Transfer of functions to Secretary of Commerce from Secretary of the Interior by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, see note set out under .