---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 501.104"
title: "46"
number: "501.104"
heading: "Penalties."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/501.104"
---

# §501.104. Penalties.

- (a) Falsely making, forging, counterfeiting, mutilating, or altering the seal of the Federal Maritime Commission, or knowingly using or possessing with fraudulent intent an altered seal is punishable under [18 U.S.C. 506](/usc/18/506.md).
- (b) Any person using the seal in a manner inconsistent with the provisions of this subpart is subject to the provisions of [18 U.S.C. 1017](/usc/18/1017.md), which states penalties for the wrongful use of an agency seal, and other provisions of law as applicable.
- (c) Any person using the seal in a manner inconsistent with the provisions of this part is subject to the provisions of [18 U.S.C. 701](/usc/18/701.md), which states the penalties for the wrongful use of badges, identification cards, insignia, and other designs prescribed by an agency.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 18 U.S.C 506; 18 U.S.C. 701; 18 U.S.C. 1017; 28 U.S.C. 1733(b); 46 U.S.C. 46101(d).

### Source

Source: 89 FR 65788, Aug. 13, 2024, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 551-557, 701-706, 2903 and 6304; 31 U.S.C. 3721; 41 U.S.C. 414 and 418; 44 U.S.C. 501-520 and 3501-3520; 46 U.S.C. 40101-41309, 42101-42109, 44101-44106, 46101-46108; Pub. L. 89-56, 70 Stat. 195; 5 CFR part 2638; Pub. L. 104-320, 110 Stat. 3870.

### Source

Source: 86 FR 50681, Sept. 10, 2021, unless otherwise noted.