Federal · Title 21 — Food and Drugs

21 U.S.C. § 2403: Criminal penalties and statute of limitations

Felony

What this law says, in plain English

Violation of section 2402 is punishable by up to 10 years imprisonment and fines up to $250,000 (individuals) or $1,000,000 (entities). Prosecution must begin within 10 years of offense completion.

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Whoever violates section 2402 of this title shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment for not more than 10 years, fined $250,000 if the person is an individual or $1,000,000 if the defendant is other than an individual, or both. is used or intended to be used, in any manner, to commit or facilitate a violation of section 2402 of this title ; or constitutes or is traceable to the proceeds taken, obtained, or retained in connection with or as a result of a violation of section 2402 of this title . No person shall be prosecuted, tried, or punished for violation of section 2402 of this title unless the indictment is returned or the information is filed within 10 years after the date on which the offense was completed. Upon application in the United States, filed before a return of an indictment, indicating that evidence of an offense under this chapter is in a foreign country, the district court before which a grand jury is impaneled to investigate the offense shall suspend the running of this statute of limitation for the offense if the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that an official request has been made for such evidence and that it reasonably appears, or reasonably appeared at the time the request was made, that such evidence is, or was, in such foreign country.

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