---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 216.94"
title: "50"
number: "216.94"
heading: "False statements or endorsements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/216.94"
---

# §216.94. False statements or endorsements.


Any person who knowingly and willfully makes a false statement or false endorsement required by [§ 216.92](/cfr/50/216.92.md) is liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $100,000, that may be assessed in an action brought in any appropriate District Court of the United States on behalf of the Secretary.


## Notes

### Amendments

[61 FR 27794, June 3, 1996. Redesignated at 69 FR 55307, Sept. 13, 2004]

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1385.

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq., unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 39 FR 1852, Jan. 15, 1974, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[61 FR 27794, June 3, 1996. Redesignated at 69 FR 55307, Sept. 13, 2004]