# 31 CFR § 546.701: Penalties

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-31-546.701

## Section

- **Citation:** 31 CFR § 546.701
- **Heading:** Penalties
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** September 22, 2026
- **Source:** Publisher's official text
- **Location:** Title 31—Money and Finance: Treasury > Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Money and Finance > CHAPTER V—OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY > PART 546—SUDAN STABILIZATION SANCTIONS REGULATIONS > Subpart G—Penalties and Findings of Violation

## Text

(a) Section 206 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) (IEEPA) is applicable to violations of the provisions of any regulation, ruling, instruction, order, directive, or license issued by or pursuant to the direction or authorization of the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to this part or otherwise under IEEPA.
(1) A civil penalty not to exceed the amount set forth in section 206 of IEEPA may be imposed on any person who violates, attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of any regulation, ruling, instruction, order, directive, license, or prohibition issued under IEEPA.
(2) IEEPA provides for a maximum civil penalty not to exceed the greater of $377,700 or an amount that is twice the amount of the transaction that is the basis of the violation with respect to which the penalty is imposed.
(3) A person who willfully commits, willfully attempts to commit, willfully conspires to commit, or aids or abets in the commission of a violation of any regulation, ruling, instruction, order, directive, license, or prohibition may, upon conviction, be fined not more than $1,000,000, or if a natural person, be imprisoned for not more than 20 years, or both.
(b)(1) The civil penalties provided in IEEPA are subject to adjustment pursuant to the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101-410, as amended, 28 U.S.C. 2461 note).
(2) The criminal penalties provided in IEEPA are subject to adjustment pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3571.
(c) Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1001, whoever, in any matter within the jurisdiction of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of the government of the United States, knowingly and willfully falsifies, conceals, or covers up by any trick, scheme, or device a material fact; or makes any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation; or makes or uses any false writing or document knowing the same to contain any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or entry shall be fined under title 18, United States Code, imprisoned, or both.
(d) Section 5(b) of the United Nations Participation Act, as amended (22 U.S.C. 287c(b)) (UNPA), provides that any person who willfully violates or evades or attempts to violate or evade any order, rule, or regulation issued by the President pursuant to Section 5(a) of the UNPA shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than $1,000,000 and, if a natural person, be imprisoned for not more than 20 years, or both.
(e) Violations involving transactions described at section 203(b)(1), (3), and (4) of IEEPA shall be subject only to the penalties set forth in paragraph (d) of this section.
(f) Violations of this part may also be subject to other applicable laws.
[89 FR 15751, Mar. 5, 2024, as amended at 90 FR 3691, Jan. 15, 2025]

## Nearby sections

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- [31 CFR § 546.201 § 546.201 Prohibited transactions involving blocked property.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-31-546.201.md)
- [31 CFR § 546.202 § 546.202 Effect of transfers violating the provisions of this part.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-31-546.202.md)
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- [31 CFR § 546.205 § 546.205 Evasions; attempts; causing violations; conspiracies.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-31-546.205.md)
- [31 CFR § 546.206 § 546.206 Exempt transactions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-31-546.206.md)
- [31 CFR § 546.300 § 546.300 Applicability of definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-31-546.300.md)
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- [31 CFR § 546.302 § 546.302 Blocked account; blocked property.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-31-546.302.md)
- [31 CFR § 546.303 § 546.303 Effective date.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-31-546.303.md)
- [31 CFR § 546.304 § 546.304 Entity.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-31-546.304.md)
- [31 CFR § 546.305 § 546.305 Financial, material, or technological support.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-31-546.305.md)
- [31 CFR § 546.306 § 546.306 Foreign person.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-31-546.306.md)

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