---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 U.S.C. § 505"
title: "46"
title_heading: "Shipping"
number: "505"
heading: "Penalty for violating regulation or order"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/46/505"
units:
  - "Subtitle I — General"
  - "Chapter 5 — Other General Provisions"
---

# §505. Penalty for violating regulation or order


A person convicted of knowingly and willfully violating a regulation or order of the Federal Maritime Commission or the [Secretary](/usc/46/2101.md?p=46) of Transportation under subtitle IV or V of this title, for which no penalty is expressly provided, shall be fined not more than $500. Each day of a continuing violation is a separate offense.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 109–304, § 4, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1491.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 505 | 46 App.:1228 (last par.). | June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title VIII, § 806(d); as added Aug. 4, 1939, ch. 417, § 13, 53 Stat. 1187; Pub. L. 97–31, § 12(125), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 164. |