[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 15, Volume 2]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 15CFR700.74]



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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE

 

  CHAPTER VII--BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

 

PART 700_DEFENSE PRIORITIES AND ALLOCATIONS SYSTEM--Table of Contents

 

                          Subpart J_Compliance

 

Sec. 700.74  Violations, penalties, and remedies.



    (a) Willful violation of the provisions of Title I or Sections 705 

or 707 of the Defense Production Act, the priorities provisions of the 

Selective Service Act and related statutes, this part, or an official 

action, is a crime and upon conviction, a person may be punished by fine 

or imprisonment, or both. The maximum penalty provided by the Defense 

Production Act is a $10,000 fine, or one year in prison, or both. The 

maximum penalty provided by the Selective Service Act and related 

statutes is a $50,000 fine, or three years in prison, or both.

    (b) The government may also seek an injunction from a court of 

appropriate jurisdiction to prohibit the continuance of any violation 

of, or to enforce compliance with, the Defense Production Act, this 

regulation, or an official action.

    (c) In order to secure the effective enforcement of the Defense 

Production Act, this regulation, and official actions, the following are 

prohibited (see section 704 of the Defense Production Act; see also, for 

example, sections 2 and 371 of Title 18, United States Code):

    (1) No person may solicit, influence or permit another person to 

perform any act prohibited by, or to omit any act required by, the 

Defense Production Act, this regulation, or an official action.



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    (2) No person may conspire or act in concert with any other person 

to perform any act prohibited by, or to omit any act required by, the 

Defense Production Act, this regulation, or an official action.

    (3) No person shall deliver any item if the person knows or has 

reason to believe that the item will be accepted, redelivered, held, or 

used in violation of the Defense Production Act, this regulation, or an 

official action. In such instances, the person must immediately notify 

the Department of Commerce that, in accordance with this provision, 

delivery has not been made.



[49 FR 30414, July 30, 1984. Redesignated at 54 FR 601, Jan. 9, 1989, as 

amended at 63 FR 31924, June 11, 1998]