---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 4770.5"
title: "43"
number: "4770.5"
heading: "Criminal penalties."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/4770.5"
---

# §4770.5. Criminal penalties.


Any person who commits any act prohibited in [§ 4770.1](/cfr/43/4770.1.md) of these regulations shall be subject to a fine of not more than $2,000 or imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or both, for each violation. Any person so charged with such violation by the authorized officer may be tried and sentenced by a United States Commissioner or magistrate, designated for that purpose by the court by which he/she was appointed, in the same manner and subject to the same conditions as provided in [18 U.S.C. 3401](/usc/18/3401.md).


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1331-1340; 18 U.S.C. 47; 43 U.S.C. 315 and 1740.

### Source

Source: 51 FR 7414, Mar. 3, 1986, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[48 FR 40890, Sept. 12, 1983]