penalties and enforcement

penalties and enforcement Sec. 701. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) , any person or political committee who violates any of the provisions of this Act shall be fined not more than $5,000, or shall be imprisoned for not longer than six months, or both. (b) Any person who knowingly files any false or misleading statement, report, voucher, or other paper, or makes any false or misleading statement to the Board, shall be fined not more than $10,000, or shall be imprisoned for not longer than five years, or both. (c) The penalties provided in this section shall not apply to any person or political committee who, before the date of enactment of this Act during calendar year 1974, makes political contributions or receives political contributions or makes any political campaign expenditures, in excess of any limitation placed on such contributions or expenditures by this Act, except such person or political committee shall not make any further such contributions or expenditures during the remainder of calendar year 1974. (d) Prosecutions of violations of this Act shall be brought by the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia in the name of the United States.