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Timestamp: 2019-06-25 04:21:13
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 553', '§553', '§633', '§2', '§21', '§21', '§21']

[USC10] 47 USC 553: Unauthorized reception of cable service
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47 USC 553: Unauthorized reception of cable service Text contains those laws in effect on June 24, 2019
§553. Unauthorized reception of cable service
(1) Any person who willfully violates subsection (a)(1) shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than 6 months, or both.
(2) Any person who violates subsection (a)(1) willfully and for purposes of commercial advantage or private financial gain shall be fined not more than $50,000 or imprisoned for not more than 2 years, or both, for the first such offense and shall be fined not more than $100,000 or imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both, for any subsequent offense.
(3) For purposes of all penalties and remedies established for violations of subsection (a)(1), the prohibited activity established herein as it applies to each such device shall be deemed a separate violation.
(1) Any person aggrieved by any violation of subsection (a)(1) may bring a civil action in a United States district court or in any other court of competent jurisdiction.
(June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title VI, §633, as added Pub. L. 98–549, §2, Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2796 ; amended Pub. L. 102–385, §21, Oct. 5, 1992, 106 Stat. 1498 .)
1992-Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 102–385, §21(1), substituted "$50,000" for "$25,000", "2 years" for "1 year", "$100,000" for "$50,000", and "5 years" for "2 years".
Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 102–385, §21(2), added par. (3).