22 USC § 455 - General penalty provision

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identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s455"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "22 USC § 455 - General penalty provision"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "455"
section_name: "General penalty provision"
chapter_number: 9
chapter_name: "FOREIGN WARS, WAR MATERIALS, AND NEUTRALITY"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "NEUTRALITY"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Nov. 4, 1939, ch. 2, § 15, 54 Stat. 11.)"
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# § 455. General penalty provision

In every case of the violation of any of the provisions of this subchapter or of any rule or regulation issued pursuant thereto where a specific penalty is not provided in this subchapter, such violator or violators, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $10,000, or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.

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**Source Credit**: (Nov. 4, 1939, ch. 2, § 15, 54 Stat. 11.)