[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR700.70]

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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
  CHAPTER VII--BUREAU OF EXPORT ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 700--DEFENSE PRIORITIES AND ALLOCATIONS SYSTEM--Table of Contents
 
                          Subpart J--Compliance
 
Sec. 700.70  General provisions.


    (a) Compliance actions may be taken for any reason necessary or 
appropriate to the enforcement or the administration of the Defense 
Production Act, the Selective Service Act and related statutes, this 
regulation, or an official action. Such actions include audits, 
investigations, or other inquiries.
    (b) Any person who places or receives a rated order should be 
thoroughly familiar with, and must comply with, the provisions of this 
regulation.
    (c) Willful violation of any of the provisions of Title I or section 
705 of the Defense Production Act, this regulation, or an official 
action of the Department of Commerce, is a criminal act, punishable as 
provided in the Defense Production Act and as set forth in Sec. 700.74 
of this regulation.

[49 FR 30414, July 30, 1984. Redesignated at 54 FR 601, Jan. 9, 1989, as 
amended at 63 FR 31924, June 11, 1998]

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