---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 U.S.C. § 847"
title: "21"
title_heading: "Food and Drugs"
number: "847"
heading: "Additional penalties"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/21/847"
units:
  - "Chapter 13 — Drug Abuse Prevention and Control"
  - "Subchapter I — Control and Enforcement"
  - "Part D — Offenses and Penalties"
---

# §847. Additional penalties


Any penalty imposed for violation of this subchapter shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, any civil or administrative penalty or sanction authorized by law.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 91–513, title II, § 407, Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1265.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective on first day of seventh calendar month that begins after Oct. 26, 1970, see section 704 of Pub. L. 91–513, set out as a note under section 801 of this title.