---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 25.160"
title: "47"
number: "25.160"
heading: "Administrative sanctions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/25.160"
---

# §25.160. Administrative sanctions.

- (a) A forfeiture may be imposed for failure to operate in conformance with the Communications Act, license specifications, any conditions imposed on an authorization, or any of the Commission's rules and regulations; or for failure to comply with Commission requests for information needed to complete international coordination or for failure to cooperate in Commission investigations with respect to international coordination.
- (b) A forfeiture will be imposed and the station license may be terminated for the malicious transmissions of any signal that causes harmful interference with any other radio communications or signals.
- (c) A station license may be revoked for any repeated and willful violation of the kind set forth in paragraphs [(a)](#a) and [(b)](#b) of this section.
- (d) The sanctions specified in paragraphs [(a)](#a), [(b)](#b), and [(c)](#c) of this section will be imposed only after the licensee has been provided an opportunity to be heard pursuant to titles III and V of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
- (e) For purposes of this section, the term “repeated” and “willful” are defined as set out in section 312(f) of the Communications Act, [47 U.S.C. 312(f)](/usc/47/312.md?p=f).

## Notes

### Source

Source: 56 FR 24016, May 28, 1991, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 301, 302, 303, 307, 309, 310, 319, 332, 605, and 721, unless otherwise noted.