---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 3.61"
title: "45"
number: "3.61"
heading: "Penalties."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/3.61"
---

# §3.61. Penalties.

- (a) A person found guilty of violating any provision of the regulations in this part is subject to a fine or imprisonment of not more than thirty days or both, for each violation (Pub. L. 107-296, Homeland Security Act of 2002).
- (b) Penalties for violation of offenses proscribed by Federal statutes (generally codified in [title 18](/cfr/18.md) of the United States Code) and Maryland criminal statutes which are made Federal offenses under the Assimilative Crimes Act and are prescribed in the applicable provisions of those statutes.

## Notes

### Amendments

[55 FR 2068, Jan. 22, 1990, as amended at 85 FR 72910, Nov. 16, 2020; 88 FR 1135, Jan. 9, 2023]

### Authority

Authority: 40 U.S.C. 318-318d. 486; Delegation of Authority, 33 FR 604.

### Source

Source: 55 FR 2068, Jan. 22, 1990, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[55 FR 2068, Jan. 22, 1990, as amended at 85 FR 72910, Nov. 16, 2020; 88 FR 1135, Jan. 9, 2023]