49 USC § 16105 - General criminal penalty when specific penalty not provided

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identifier: "/us/usc/t49/s16105"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "49 USC § 16105 - General criminal penalty when specific penalty not provided"
title_number: 49
title_name: "TRANSPORTATION"
section_number: "16105"
section_name: "General criminal penalty when specific penalty not provided"
chapter_number: 161
chapter_name: "CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES"
part_number: "C"
part_name: "PIPELINE CARRIERS"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 104–88, title I, § 106(a), Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 931.)"
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# § 16105. General criminal penalty when specific penalty not provided

When another criminal penalty is not provided under this chapter, a pipeline carrier providing transportation subject to this part, and when that carrier is a corporation, a director or officer of the corporation, or a receiver, trustee, lessee, or person acting for or employed by the corporation that, alone or with another person, willfully violates this part or an order prescribed under this part, shall be fined under title 18 or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both. A separate violation occurs each day a violation of this part continues.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 104–88, title I, § 106(a), Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 931.)

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