7 U.S.C. § 215 — Failure to obey orders; punishment

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A stockyard owner, market agency, or dealer who knowingly disobeys an order under sections 211, 212, or 213 owes the United States $500 per offense, with each day of a continuing violation counted separately. U.S. attorneys must sue to collect these penalties, and lawsuit costs come from the federal courts' budget.

(a) Any stockyard owner, market agency, or dealer who knowingly fails to obey an order made under sections 211, 212, or 213 of this title must forfeit $500 to the United States for each offense. Every separate violation counts as its own offense, and if the violation continues, each day it continues counts as a new, separate offense. The government collects this money by filing a civil lawsuit in the name of the United States. (b) United States attorneys, following the Attorney General's direction, must handle these lawsuits to collect the forfeited money. The cost of bringing these lawsuits comes out of the budget set aside for the expenses of the federal courts.

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(a)

Any stockyard owner, market agency, or dealer who knowingly fails to obey any order made under the provisions of sections 211, 212, or 213 of this title shall forfeit to the United States the sum of $500 for each offense. Each distinct violation shall be a separate offense, and in case of a continuing violation each day shall be deemed a separate offense. Such forfeiture shall be recoverable in a civil suit in the name of the United States.

(b)

It shall be the duty of the various United States attorneys, under the direction of the Attorney General, to prosecute for the recovery of forfeitures. The costs and expense of such prosecution shall be paid out of the appropriation for the expenses of the courts of the United States.

Source credit: (Aug. 15, 1921, ch. 64, title III, § 314, 42 Stat. 167; June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 1, 62 Stat. 909.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1921Enacted · Act of Aug. 15, 1921, ch. 64 · 42 Stat. 167
1948Amended · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 646 · 62 Stat. 909

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