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16 U.S.C. § 916c — Unlawful acts
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**(a) Whaling, transporting, or selling violations; records; reports** It shall be unlawful for any person subject to the jurisdiction of the United States (1) to engage in whaling in violation of the convention or of any regulation of the Commission, or of this subchapter, or of any regulation of the Secretary of Commerce; (2) to ship, transport, purchase, sell, offer for sale, import, export, or have in possession any whale or whale products taken or processed in violation of the convention, or of any regulation of the Commission, or of this subchapter, or of any regulation of the Secretary of Commerce; (3) to fail to make, keep, submit, or furnish any record or report required of him by the convention, or by any regulation of the Commission, or by any regulation of the Secretary of Commerce, or to refuse to permit any officer authorized to enforce the convention, the regulations of the Commission, this subchapter, and the regulations of the Secretary of Commerce, to inspect such record or report at any reasonable time.
**(b) Acts of commission or omission** It shall be unlawful for any person or vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States to do any act prohibited or to fail to do any act required by the convention, or by this subchapter, or by any regulation adopted by the Commission, or by any regulation of the Secretary of Commerce.
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**(a) Whaling, transporting, or selling violations; records; reports** It shall be unlawful for any person subject to the jurisdiction of the United States (1) to engage in whaling in violation of the convention or of any regulation of the Commission, or of this subchapter, or of any regulation of the Secretary of Commerce; (2) to ship, transport, purchase, sell, offer for sale, import, export, or have in possession any whale or whale products taken or processed in violation of the convention, or of any regulation of the Commission, or of this subchapter, or of any regulation of the Secretary of Commerce; (3) to fail to make, keep, submit, or furnish any record or report required of him by the convention, or by any regulation of the Commission, or by any regulation of the Secretary of Commerce, or to refuse to permit any officer authorized to enforce the convention, the regulations of the Commission, this subchapter, and the regulations of the Secretary of Commerce, to inspect such record or report at any reasonable time.
**(b) Acts of commission or omission** It shall be unlawful for any person or vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States to do any act prohibited or to fail to do any act required by the convention, or by this subchapter, or by any regulation adopted by the Commission, or by any regulation of the Secretary of Commerce.
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When used in this subchapter—
**(a)** Convention: The word “convention” means the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling signed at Washington under date of December 2, 1946, by the United States of America and certain other governments.
**(b)** Commission: The word “Commission” means the International Whaling Commission established by article III of the convention.
**(c)** United States Commissioner: The words “United States Commissioner” mean the member of the International Whaling Commission representing the United States of America appointed pursuant to article III of the convention and [section 916a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section916a&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(d)** Person: The word “person” denotes every individual, partnership, corporation, and association subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
**(e)** Vessel: The word “vessel” denotes every kind, type, or description of water craft or contrivance subject to the jurisdiction of the United States used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation.
**(f)** Factory ship: The words “factory ship” mean a vessel in which or on which whales are treated or processed, whether wholly or in part.
**(g)** Land station: The words “land station” mean a factory on the land at which whales are treated or processed, whether wholly or in part.
**(h)** Whale catcher: The words “whale catcher” mean a vessel used for the purpose of hunting, killing, taking, towing, holding onto, or scouting for whales.
**(i)** Whale products: The words “whale products” mean any unprocessed part of a whale and blubber, meat, bones, whale oil, sperm oil, spermaceti, meal, and baleen.
**(j)** Whaling: The word “whaling” means the scouting for, huntin
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Except as to violations defined in clause 3 of subsection (a) of [section 916c of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section916c&num=0&edition=prelim), any person violating any provision of the convention, or of any regulation of the Commission, or of this subchapter, or of any regulation of the Secretary of Commerce upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or be imprisoned not more than one year, or both. In addition the court may prohibit such person from whaling for such period of time as it may determine, and may order forfeited, in whole or in part, the whales taken by such person in whaling during the season, or the whale products derived therefrom or the monetary value thereof. Such forfeited whales or whale products shall be disposed of in accordance with the direction of the court.
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TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 916d
of the President and shall be the principal tech-
nical adviser to the United States Commis-
sioner, and shall be empowered to perform the
duties of the Commissioner in case of the death,
resignation, absence, or illness of the Commis-
sioner.
(c) Compensation
The United States Commissioner and Deputy
Commissioner, although officers of the United
States Government, shall receive no compensa-
tion for their services.
(Aug. 9, 1950, ch. 653, § 3, 64 Stat. 421; 1970 Reorg.
Plan. No. 4, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat.
2090.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
ALTERNATE UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS
Secretary of State authorized to designate Alternate
United States Commissioners, see sections 2672a and
2672b of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.
Executive Documents
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
Transfer of functions to Secretary of Commerce from
Secretary of the Interior by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970,
see note set out under section 916 of this title.
§ 916b. Acceptance or rejection by United States
Government of regulations, etc.; acceptance
of reports, recommendations, etc., of Com-
mission
The Secretary of State is authorized, with the
concurrence of the Secretary of Commerce, to
present or withdraw any objections on behalf of
the United States Government to such regula-
tions or amendments of the schedule to the con-
vention as are adopted by the Commission and
submitted to the United States Government in
accordance with article V of the convention.
The Secretary of State is further authorized to
receive on behalf of the United States Govern-
ment reports, requests, recommendations, and
other communications of the Commission, and
to act thereon either directly or by reference to
the app
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