[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 16, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
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[CITE: 16CFR1117.9]

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                     TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
 
             CHAPTER II--CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
 
PART 1117--REPORTING OF CHOKING INCIDENTS INVOLVING MARBLES, SMALL BALLS, LATEX BALLOONS AND OTHER SMALL PARTS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1117.9  Prohibited acts and sanctions.

    (a) Whoever knowingly and willfully falsifies or conceals a material 
fact in a report submitted under this part is subject to criminal 
penalties under 18 U.S.C. 1001.
    (b) A failure to report to the Commission in a timely fashion as 
required by this part is a prohibited act under section 19(a)(3) of the 
CPSA, 15 U.S.C. 2068(a)(3).
    (c) A subject firm that knowingly fails to report is subject to 
civil penalties under section 20 of the CPSA, 15 U.S.C. 2069. Knowing 
means the having of actual knowledge or the presumed having of knowledge 
deemed to be possessed by a reasonable person who acts in the 
circumstances, including knowledge obtainable upon the exercise of due 
care to ascertain the truth of representations. Section 20(d) of the 
CPSA, 15 U.S.C. 2069(d).
    (d) Any person who knowingly and willfully violates section 19 of 
this Act after having received notice of noncompliance from the 
Commission may be subject to criminal penalties under section 21 of the 
CPSA, 15 U.S.C. 2070.