TITLE 46 - SHIPPING
Subtitle VII - Security and Drug Enforcement
CHAPTER 705 - MARITIME DRUG LAW ENFORCEMENT
HEAD
Sec. 70506. Penalties
STATUTE
(a) Violations. - A person violating section 70503 of this title
shall be punished as provided in section 1010 of the Comprehensive
Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 (21 U.S.C. 960).
However, if the offense is a second or subsequent offense as
provided in section 1012(b) of that Act (21 U.S.C. 962(b)), the
person shall be punished as provided in section 1012 of that Act
(21 U.S.C. 962).
(b) Attempts and Conspiracies. - A person attempting or
conspiring to violate section 70503 of this title is subject to the
same penalties as provided for violating section 70503.
SOURCE
(Pub. L. 109-304, Sec. 10(2), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1688.)
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Revised Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large)
Section
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70506(a) 46 App.:1903(g). Pub. L. 96-350, Sec. 3(g),
(j), Sept. 15, 1980, 94
Stat. 1160; Pub. L. 99-570,
title III, Sec. 3202, Oct.
27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3207-97;
Pub. L. 99-640, Sec. 17,
Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat.
3554; Pub. L. 101-647, title
XII, Sec. 1203, Nov. 29,
1990, 104 Stat. 4830.
70506(b) 46 App.:1903(j).
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In subsection (b), the words "the commission of which was the
object of the attempt or conspiracy" are omitted as unnecessary.
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