18-U.S.C.-2344
§2344 – Penalties
Pathway
Title 18 > Part I > Chapter 114 > Section 2344
Details
- Reference: Section 2344
- Legend: §2344 – Penalties
- USCode Year: 2013
Provision Content
(a) Whoever knowingly violates section 2342(a) of this title shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
(b) Whoever knowingly violates any rule or regulation promulgated under section 2343(a) or 2346 of this title or violates section 2342(b) of this title shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
(c) Any contraband cigarettes or contraband smokeless tobacco involved in any violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to seizure and forfeiture. The provisions of chapter 46 of title 18 relating to civil forfeitures shall extend to any seizure or civil forfeiture under this section. Any cigarettes or smokeless tobacco so seized and forfeited shall be either—
(1) destroyed and not resold; or
(2) used for undercover investigative operations for the detection and prosecution of crimes, and then destroyed and not resold.
(Added Pub. L. 95–575, §1, Nov. 2, 1978, 92 Stat. 2464; amended Pub. L. 99–514, §2, Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2095; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, §330016(1)(K), (S), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147, 2148; Pub. L. 109–177, title I, §121(b)(4), (d), Mar. 9, 2006, 120 Stat. 222, 223.)
Amendments
2006—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 109–177 inserted or contraband smokeless tobacco after contraband cigarettes, substituted seizure and forfeiture. The provisions of chapter 46 of title 18 relating to civil forfeitures shall extend to any seizure or civil forfeiture under this section. Any cigarettes or smokeless tobacco so seized and forfeited shall be either— for seizure and forfeiture, and all provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 relating to the seizure, forfeiture, and disposition of firearms, as defined in section 5845(a) of such Code, shall, so far as applicable, extend to seizures and forfeitures under the provisions of this chapter., and added pars. (1) and (2).
1994—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–322, §330016(1)(S), substituted fined under this title for fined not more than $100,000.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103–322, §330016(1)(K), substituted fined under this title for fined not more than $5,000.
1986—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 99–514 substituted Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for Internal Revenue Code of 1954.
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