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[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
  January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 47USC37]

 
          TITLE 47--TELEGRAPHS, TELEPHONES, AND RADIOTELEGRAPHS
 
                       CHAPTER 2--SUBMARINE CABLES
 
Sec. 37. Violations; punishment

    Whoever knowingly commits, instigates, or assists in any act 
forbidden by section 34 of this title shall be guilty of a misdemeanor 
and shall be fined not more than $5,000, or imprisoned for not more than 
one year, or both.

(May 27, 1921, ch. 12, Sec. 4, 42 Stat. 8.)

                          Codification

    Section was not enacted as part of the Submarine Cable Act which 
comprises this chapter.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 34, 36, 38, 39 of this 
title.