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Timestamp: 2019-09-18 08:16:37
Document Index: 747915012

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 275', '§ 2', '§ 121', '§ 543', '§ 306', '§\n105', '§ 543', '§ 121']

NB: This unofficial compilation of the U.S. Code is current as of Jan. 3, 2007 (see http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/uscprint.html).
TITLE 8 -ALIENS AND NATIONALITY CHAPTER 12 -IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY SUBCHAPTER II -IMMIGRATION Part VIII -General Penalty Provisions
twice the amount specified in paragraph (1) in the case of an alien who has been previously
subject to a civil penalty under this subsection. Civil penalties under this subsection are in addition to, and not in lieu of, any criminal or other civil penalties that may be imposed.
(June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title II, ch. 8, § 275, 66 Stat. 229; Pub. L. 99–639, § 2(d), Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3542; Pub. L. 101–649, title I, § 121(b)(3), title V, § 543(b)(2), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4994, 5059; Pub. L. 102–232, title III, § 306(c)(3), Dec. 12, 1991, 105 Stat. 1752; Pub. L. 104–208, div. C, title I, §
105(a), Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–556.)
1990—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101–649, § 543(b)(2), inserted “or attempts to enter” after “(1) enters” and “attempts to enter or” after “or (3)”, and substituted “shall, for the first commission of any such offense, be fined not more than $2,000 (or, if greater, the amount provided under title 18) or imprisoned not more than 6 months, or both, and, for a subsequent commission of any such offense, be fined under title 18, or imprisoned not more than 2 years” for
“shall, for the first commission of any such offenses, be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof be punished by imprisonment for not more than six months, or by a fine of not more than $500, or by both, and for a subsequent commission of any such offenses shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than two years, or by a fine of not more than $1,000”.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 101–649, § 121(b)(3), added subsec. (c). 1986—Pub. L. 99–639 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).