---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 1196"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
number: "1196"
heading: "Penalties"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/1196"
units:
  - "Chapter 25 — Flammable Fabrics"
---

# §1196. Penalties


Violation of section [1192](/usc/15/1192.md) or [1197(b)](/usc/15/1197.md?p=b) of this title, or failure to comply with [section 1202(c) of this title](/usc/15/1202.md?p=c), is punishable by—

- (1) imprisonment for not more than 5 years for a knowing and willful violation of that section;
- (2) a fine determined under [section 3571 of title 18](/usc/18/3571.md); or
- (3) both.

## Source credit

(June 30, 1953, ch. 164, § 7, 67 Stat. 114; Pub. L. 95–631, § 8(b), Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3747; Pub. L. 110–314, title II, § 217(c)(4), Aug. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 3060.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2008—Pub. L. 110–314 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “Any person who willfully violates section 1192 or 1197(b) of this title, or who fails to comply with section 1202(c) of this title, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than $5,000 or be imprisoned not more than one year or both in the discretion of the court: Provided, That nothing herein shall limit other provisions of this chapter.”

1978—Pub. L. 95–631 authorized penalties for noncompliance with section 1202(c) of this title.