21 U.S.C. § 63 — Penalties; acts of agents deemed acts of principals

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Anyone who violates this chapter can be fined up to $1,000 or jailed up to a year, or both. If an employee or agent breaks the law while working within their job, the law treats it as if their employer did it too.

This section has two parts. First, it sets the penalty for violating this chapter: a fine of not more than $1,000, imprisonment of not more than one year, or both. Second, it sets a rule for figuring out who is responsible. When applying this chapter, if a person acting for, or employed by, an individual, partnership, corporation, or association does something wrong — an act, omission, or failure — while acting within the scope of their job or office, the law treats that wrongdoing as if the individual, partnership, corporation, or association did it too. The person who actually did it is still responsible as well.

the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

Any person violating any provision of this chapter shall upon conviction thereof be subject to a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment of not more than one year, or both. When construing and enforcing the provisions of this chapter, the act, omission, or failure of any person acting for or employed by any individual, partnership, corporation, or association, within the scope of his employment or office, shall in every case be deemed the act, omission, or failure, of such individual, partnership, corporation, or association, as well as of such person.

Source credit: (Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 262, § 3, 42 Stat. 1487.)

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1923Enacted · Act of Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 262 · 42 Stat. 1487

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 262 on 1923-03-04.

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