[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
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 INDUSTRY AND SECURITY, 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

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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]