penalties and prohibitions

penalties and prohibitions Sec. 509. (a) Any person who violates any of the provisions of this title, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000 or imprisonment for not more than twelve months, or both. (b) In addition to the penalties provided for in subsection (a) of this section, any person convicted of the misdemeanor specified88 Stat. 465 therein is prohibited, for a period of three years from the date of such conviction, from attempting to influence, directly or indirectly, the passage or defeat of any proposed legislation or from appearing before a committee of the Council of the District of Columbia in support of or opposition to proposed legislation; and any person who violates any provision of this subsection shall be guilty of a felony, and shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000, or imprisonment for not more than five years, or both.