[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 36, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 36CFR504.16]

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              TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
                   CHAPTER V--SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
 
PART 504--RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 504.16  Penalties.

    Section 6 of the Smithsonian Institution Special Policing Statute, 
Act of October 24, 1951, 65 Stat. 635, 40 U.S.C. 193(s) states that:

    Whoever violates any provision of sections 193o-193q of this Title, 
or any regulation prescribed under section 193r of this Title, shall be 
fined not more than $100 or imprisoned not more than sixty days, or 
both, prosecution for such offenses to be had in the District of 
Columbia Court of General Sessions, upon information by the U.S. 
attorney or any of his assistants: Provided, That in any case where, in 
the commission of such offense, property is damaged in an amount 
exceeding $100, the amount of the fine for the offense may be not more 
than $5,000, the period of imprisonment for the offense may be not more 
than 5 years and prosecution shall be had in the U.S. District Court for 
the District of Columbia by indictment, or if the defendant, after he 
has been advised of the nature of the charge and of his rights, waives 
in open court prosecution by indictment, by information by the U.S. 
attorney or any of his assistants.

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