Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§916e Failure to Keep Returns, Records, Reports
Title 16 › CHAPTER 14 — REGULATION OF WHALING › SUBCHAPTER II — WHALING CONVENTION ACT › § 916e
Summary
Not making, keeping, or giving required catch returns, statistical records, or reports, or giving false ones, can lead to a court fine up to $500. A person found guilty is also banned from whaling, processing, or possessing whales and whale products until they file correct, certified records the court accepts. Other penalty rules in the law do not apply to these failures.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §916e
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Any person who fails to make, keep, or furnish any catch return, statistical record, or any report that may be required by the convention, or by any regulation of the Commission, or by this subchapter, or by a regulation of the Secretary of Commerce, or any person who furnishes a false return, record, or report, upon conviction, shall be subject to such fine as may be imposed by the court not to exceed $500, and shall in addition be prohibited from whaling, processing, or possessing whales and whale products from the date of conviction until such time as any delinquent return, record, or report shall have been submitted or any false return, record, or report shall have been replaced by a duly certified correct and true return, record, or report to the satisfaction of the court. The penalties imposed by section 916f of this title shall not be invoked for failure to comply with requirements respecting returns, records, and reports.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Executive Documents
Transfer of Functions
to Secretary of Commerce from Secretary of the Interior by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, see note set out under section 916 of this title.
Reference
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 916e
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102