(a) Criminal penalties. Any person who knowingly, willfully and intentionally:
(1) appropriates, excavates, injures or destroys or cause to be appropriated, excavated, injured or destroyed any historical, cultural or archaeological site, object, specimen, artifact, ruin, or feature situated in lands owned by the Government without a valid permit issued by the State Historic Preservation Officer, or who
(2) violates any condition or provision of a valid permit issued by the State Historic Preservation Officer, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than $500 or more than $10,000 per day per violation, or be imprisoned for no more than one (1) year, or both, and shall forfeit to the Government all specimens, objects, material, vehicles and equipment associated with the violation.
(b) Injunctive relief. The State Historic Preservation Officer, or any resident of the Virgin Islands, is authorized to commence a civil action for appropriate relief, including a permanent or temporary restraining injunction, for any violation or threatened violation of this subchapter. It shall not be necessary to first revoke any permit prior to seeking injunctive relief. Such action shall be brought in the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands, which shall have jurisdiction to restrain the violation and to order compliance.
(c) Civil penalties.
(1) Any person who violates any provision of this subchapter, or of any permit, rule, regulation, standard or order issued or promulgated hereunder, shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than $100 nor more than $500 per day per violation.
(2) Civil penalties charged pursuant to this subsection may be assessed administratively by the State Historic Preservation Officer if the person charged has been given an opportunity to have a hearing, and the State Historic Preservation Officer made findings of fact and conclusions of law in making the civil assessment. The State Historic Preservation Officer may promulgate rules and regulations to implement this section.
(d) All funds, fines or proceeds from forfeitures collected under this section shall be deposited in the Archaeological Preservation Fund, established in section 963 of this subchapter.