(a) Any person who willfully and knowingly does or causes or suffers to be done any act, matter, or thing in this chapter prohibited or declared to be unlawful, or who willfully and knowingly omits or fails to do any act, matter, or thing in this chapter required to be done, or willfully and knowingly causes or suffers such omission or failure, shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000,000 or by imprisonment for not more than 5 years, or both.
(b) Any person who willfully and knowingly violates any rule, regulation, restriction, condition, or order made or imposed by the Commission under authority of this chapter, shall, in addition to any other penalties provided by law, be punished upon conviction thereof by a fine of not exceeding $50,000 for each and every day during which such offense occurs.
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§ 717. Regulation of natural gas companies
§ 717b. Exportation or importation of natural gas; LNG terminals
§ 717b–1. State and local safety considerations
§ 717c–1. Prohibition on market manipulation
§ 717d. Fixing rates and charges; determination of cost of production or transportation
§ 717e. Ascertainment of cost of property
§ 717f. Construction, extension, or abandonment of facilities
§ 717g. Accounts; records; memoranda
§ 717i. Periodic and special reports
§ 717j. State compacts for conservation, transportation, etc., of natural gas
§ 717k. Officials dealing in securities
§ 717m. Investigations by Commission
§ 717n. Process coordination; hearings; rules of procedure
§ 717o. Administrative powers of Commission; rules, regulations, and orders
§ 717q. Appointment of officers and employees
§ 717s. Enforcement of chapter
§ 717t–1. Civil penalty authority
§ 717t–2. Natural gas market transparency rules
§ 717u. Jurisdiction of offenses; enforcement of liabilities and duties
§ 717y. Voluntary conversion of natural gas users to heavy fuel oil
§ 717z. Emergency conversion of utilities and other facilities