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Code · U.S. Code · Title 49 - TRANSPORTATION · CHAPTER 463— PENALTIES · § 46315

§ 46315. Lighting violations involving transporting controlled substances by aircraft not providing air transportation

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(a)Application.— This section applies only to aircraft not used to provide air transportation.
(b)Criminal Penalty.— A person shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both, if—
(1)the person knowingly and willfully operates an aircraft in violation of a regulation or requirement of the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration related to the display of navigation or anticollision lights;
(2)the person is knowingly transporting a controlled substance by aircraft or aiding or facilitating a controlled substance offense; and
(3)the transporting, aiding, or facilitating—
(A)is punishable by death or imprisonment for more than one year under a law of the United States or a State; or
(B)is provided in connection with an act punishable by death or imprisonment for more than one year under a law of the United States or a State related to a controlled substance (except a law related to simple possession of a controlled substance).
(Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1240.)
In subsection (b), before clause (1), the words “fined under title 18” are substituted for “a fine not exceeding $25,000” for consistency with title 18. In clause (2), the word “knowingly” is substituted for “and with knowledge of such act” to eliminate unnecessary words.
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Lighting violations involving transporting controlled substances by aircraft not providing air transportation
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