What are the penalties for violating the amended Lacey Act?
Violations of the Lacey Act provisions for timber and other plants, as well as fish and wildlife, may be prosecuted in three basic ways: • Civilly – meaning monetary penalties • Criminally – fines and penalties and potential incarceration • Forfeiture – dispossession of the plant, fish, or wildlife in question Civil Penalties. The Lacey Act allows for the imposition of civil administrative monetary penalties against a party who in the exercise of due care should have known of the illegal nature of the plant or wildlife in question, or who knowingly commits a false labeling offense or knowingly violates the declaration requirements. Civil penalties of up to $10,000 may be imposed, with the size of the penalty depending on the nature, circumstances, extent, and gravity of the prohibited act committed and the violator’s culpability, ability to pay, and such other matters as justice may require. In addition, any person who commits a marking offense or violates the declaration requirements,
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