---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 C.F.R. § 9.16"
title: "36"
number: "9.16"
heading: "Penalties."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/36/9.16"
---

# §9.16. Penalties.


Undertaking any operation within the boundaries of any unit in violation of this part shall be deemed a trespass against the United States, and the penalty provisions of [36 CFR part 1](/cfr/36/part1.md) are inapplicable to this part.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Mining Law of 1872 (R.S. 2319; 30 U.S.C. 21 et seq. ); Act of August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1 et seq. ); Act of September 28, 1976; 90 Stat. 1342 (16 U.S.C. 1901 et seq. )).

### Source

Source: 42 FR 4835, Jan. 26, 1977, unless otherwise noted.