---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 U.S.C. § 1463"
title: "30"
title_heading: "Mineral Lands and Mining"
number: "1463"
heading: "Criminal offenses"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/30/1463"
units:
  - "Chapter 26 — Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources"
  - "Subchapter III — Enforcement and Miscellaneous Provisions"
---

# §1463. Criminal offenses

- (a) **Offense—** A [person](/usc/30/1403.md?p=10) subject to [section 1461 of this title](/usc/30/1461.md) is guilty of an offense if such [person](/usc/30/1403.md?p=10) willfully and knowingly commits any act prohibited by [section 1461 of this title](/usc/30/1461.md).
- (b) **Punishment—** Any offense described in paragraphs (1), (2), and (6) of [section 1461 of this title](/usc/30/1461.md) is punishable by a fine of not more than $75,000 for each day during which the violation continues. Any offense described in paragraphs (3), (4), (5), and (7) of [section 1461 of this title](/usc/30/1461.md) is punishable by a fine of not more than $75,000 or imprisonment for not more than six months, or both. If, in the commission of any offense, the [person](/usc/30/1403.md?p=10) subject to the jurisdiction of the [United States](/usc/30/1403.md?p=13) uses a dangerous weapon, engages in conduct that causes bodily injury to any Federal officer or employee, or places any such Federal officer or employee in fear of imminent bodily injury, the offense is punishable by a fine of not more than $100,000 or imprisonment for not more than ten years, or both.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 96–283, title III, § 303, June 28, 1980, 94 Stat. 578.)