Title 15, Commerce and TradeRelease 119-102
§293 Penalty for Infraction
Title 15 › CHAPTER 8 — FALSELY STAMPED GOLD OR SILVER OR GOODS MANUFACTURED THEREFROM › § 293
Summary
Breaking those rules makes anyone—officers, directors, or managers who know about and join in—guilty of a misdemeanor, punished by up to a $5,000 fine, up to one year in jail, or both.
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Title 15, §293
Commerce and Trade, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
Every person, partnership, association, or corporation violating the provisions of sections 291 to 293 of this title, and every officer, director, or managing agent of such partnership, association, or corporation having knowledge of such violation and directly participating in such violation or consenting thereto, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, be punished with a fine of not more than $5,000 or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both, at the discretion of the court.
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15 U.S.C. § 293
Title 15, Commerce and Trade
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102