§3907 — Title 19 Customs Duties | U.S. Code

Summary

Imposes penalties for breaking rules about rough diamonds. A civil fine up to $10,000 can be charged for violating or trying to violate any license, order, or rule under this law. If someone willfully violates or willfully tries to violate those rules, they can be fined up to $50,000, and a natural person can be jailed up to 10 years, or both. Corporate officers, directors, or agents who join in a willful violation can get the same punishments. U.S. customs laws, including seizure and forfeiture rules, apply to illegally imported rough diamonds. The United States Bureau of Customs and Border Protection and the United States Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement may enforce these penalties and the export rules, including checking that the exporting authority validated the Kimberley Process Certificate.

Title 19, §3907

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(a)In addition to the enforcement provisions set forth in subsection (b)—

(1)a civil penalty of not to exceed $10,000 may be imposed on any person who violates, or attempts to violate, any license, order, or regulation issued under this chapter; and

(2)whoever willfully violates, or willfully attempts to violate, any license, order, or regulation issued under this chapter shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than $50,000, or, if a natural person, may be imprisoned for not more than 10 years, or both; and any officer, director, or agent of any corporation who willfully participates in such violation may be punished by a like fine, imprisonment, or both.

(b)Those customs laws of the United States, both civil and criminal, including those laws relating to seizure and forfeiture, that apply to articles imported in violation of such laws shall apply with respect to rough diamonds imported in violation of this chapter.

(c)The United States Bureau of Customs and Border Protection and the United States Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement are authorized, as appropriate, to enforce the provisions of subsection (a) and to enforce the laws and regulations governing exports of rough diamonds, including with respect to the validation of the Kimberley Process Certificate by the exporting authority.

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of this section, see section 15 of Pub. L. 108–19, set out as a note under section 3901 of this title.

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