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47 U.S.C. § 510 — Forfeiture of communications devices
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**(a) Violation with willful and knowing intent** Any electronic, electromagnetic, radio frequency, or similar device, or component thereof, used, sent, carried, manufactured, assembled, possessed, offered for sale, sold, or advertised with willful and knowing intent to violate section 301 or 302a of this title, or rules prescribed by the Commission under such sections, may be seized and forfeited to the United States.
**(b) Seizure** Any property subject to forfeiture to the United States under this section may be seized by the Attorney General of the United States upon process issued pursuant to the supplemental rules for certain admiralty and maritime claims by any district court of the United States having jurisdiction over the property, except that seizure without such process may be made if the seizure is incident to a lawful arrest or search.
**(c) Laws applicable to seizure and forfeiture** All provisions of law relating to—
(1) the seizure, summary and judicial forfeiture, and condemnation of property for violation of the customs laws;
(2) the disposition of such property or the proceeds from the sale thereof;
(3) the remission or mitigation of such forfeitures; and
(4) the compromise of claims with respect to such forfeitures;
shall apply to seizures and forfeitures incurred, or alleged to have been incurred, under the provisions of this section, insofar as applicable and not inconsistent with the provisions of this section, except that such seizures and forfeitures shall be limited to the communications device, devices, or components thereof.
**(d) Disposition of forfeited property** Whenever property is forfeited under this section, the Attorney General of the United States may forward it to the Commission or sell any forfeited property which is not h
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**(a) Violation with willful and knowing intent** Any electronic, electromagnetic, radio frequency, or similar device, or component thereof, used, sent, carried, manufactured, assembled, possessed, offered for sale, sold, or advertised with willful and knowing intent to violate section 301 or 302a of this title, or rules prescribed by the Commission under such sections, may be seized and forfeited to the United States.
**(b) Seizure** Any property subject to forfeiture to the United States under this section may be seized by the Attorney General of the United States upon process issued pursuant to the supplemental rules for certain admiralty and maritime claims by any district court of the United States having jurisdiction over the property, except that seizure without such process may be made if the seizure is incident to a lawful arrest or search.
**(c) Laws applicable to seizure and forfeiture** All provisions of law relating to—
(1) the seizure, summary and judicial forfeiture, and condemnation of property for violation of the customs laws;
(2) the disposition of such property or the proceeds from the sale thereof;
(3) the remission or mitigation of such forfeitures; and
(4) the compromise of claims with respect to such forfeitures;
shall apply to seizures and forfeitures incurred, or alleged to have been incurred, under the provisions of this section, insofar as applicable and not inconsistent with the provisions of this section, except that such seizures and forfeitures shall be limited to the communications device, devices, or components thereof.
**(d) Disposition of forfeited property** Whenever property is forfeited under this section, the Attorney General of the United States may forward it to the Commission or sell any forfeited property which is not harmful to the public. The proceeds from any such sale shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury of the United States.
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**(a) Recovery** The forfeitures provided for in this chapter shall be payable into the Treasury of the United States, and shall be recoverable, except as otherwise provided with respect to a forfeiture penalty determined under [section 503(b)(3) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title47-section503/b/3&num=0&edition=prelim), in a civil suit in the name of the United States brought in the district where the person or carrier has its principal operating office or in any district through which the line or system of the carrier runs: Provided, That any suit for the recovery of a forfeiture imposed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be a trial de novo: Provided further, That in the case of forfeiture by a ship, said forfeiture may also be recoverable by way of libel in any district in which such ship shall arrive or depart. Such forfeitures shall be in addition to any other general or specific penalties provided in this chapter. It shall be the duty of the various United States attorneys, under the direction of the Attorney General of the United States, to prosecute for the recovery of forfeitures under this chapter. The costs and expenses of such prosecutions shall be paid from the appropriation for the expenses of the courts of the United States.
**(b) Remission and mitigation** The forfeitures imposed by subchapter II, parts II and III of subchapter III, and sections 503(b) and 507 of this title shall be subject to remission or mitigation by the Commission under such regulations and methods of ascertaining the facts as may seem to it advisable, and, if suit has been instituted, the Attorney General, upon request of the Commission, shall direct the discontinuance of any prosecution to recover such forfeitures: Provid
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This chapter may be cited as the “Communications Act of 1934.”
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TITLE 47—TELECOMMUNICATIONS
§ 510
(g) Penalties
Any person who violates any provision of this
section shall, for each such violation, be fined
not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more
than one year, or both.
(June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title V, § 507, formerly
§ 508, as added Pub. L. 86–752, § 8(b), Sept. 13, 1960,
74 Stat. 896; renumbered § 507, Pub. L. 96–507, § 1,
Dec. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 2747.)
Editorial Notes
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 507 of act June 19, 1934, ch. 652, was re-
numbered section 506 by section 1 of Pub. L. 96–507, and
is classified to section 507 of this title.
§ 509. Prohibited practices in contests of knowl-
edge, skill, or chance
(a) Influencing, prearranging, or predetermining
outcome
It shall be unlawful for any person, with in-
tent to deceive the listening or viewing public—
(1) To supply to any contestant in a purport-
edly bona fide contest of intellectual knowl-
edge or intellectual skill any special and se-
cret assistance whereby the outcome of such
contest will be in whole or in part prearranged
or predetermined.
(2) By means of persuasion, bribery, intimi-
dation, or otherwise, to induce or cause any
contestant in a purportedly bona fide contest
of intellectual knowledge or intellectual skill
to refrain in any manner from using or dis-
playing his knowledge or skill in such contest,
whereby the outcome thereof will be in whole
or in part prearranged or predetermined.
(3) To engage in any artifice or scheme for
the purpose of prearranging or predetermining
in whole or in part the outcome of a purport-
edly bona fide contest of intellectual knowl-
edge, intellectual skill, or chance.
(4) To produce or participate in the produc-
tion for broadcasting of, to broadcast or par-
ticipate in the broadca
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