7 U.S.C. § 228b–4 — Violation of final order by live poultry dealer; penalty

submitted 105 years ago by Pub. L. 100-173 to r/title-7-AGRICULTURE · 168 words · no verdicts yet

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A live poultry dealer, or its officers or employees, who disobeys a final Secretary's order can be fined between $1,000 and $20,000 upon conviction. This applies once appeals are over or the deadline to appeal has passed. Each day the disobedience continues counts as a separate crime.

If a live poultry dealer — or an officer, director, agent, or employee of one — fails to obey an order the Secretary issued under section 228b-2, that person can be fined between $1,000 and $20,000 upon conviction. This applies in three situations: (1) once the time to file an appeal with the court of appeals has run out and no appeal was filed; (2) once the time to ask the Supreme Court to review the case has run out, if the court of appeals upheld the order and no one asked the Supreme Court to review it; or (3) once the courts have already upheld the order under section 228b-3. Each day the person keeps disobeying counts as its own separate crime, so fines can add up quickly.

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Any live poultry dealer, or any officer, director, agent, or employee of a live poultry dealer, who fails to obey any order of the Secretary issued under the provisions of section 228b–2 of this title, or such order as modified—

(1)

after the expiration of the time allowed for filing a petition in the court of appeals to set aside or modify such order, if no such petition has been filed within such time;

(2)

after the expiration of the time allowed for applying for a writ of certiorari, if such order, or such order as modified, has been sustained by the court of appeals and no such writ has been applied for within such time; or

(3)

after such order, or such order as modified, has been sustained by the courts as provided in section 228b–3 of this title;

shall on conviction be fined not less than $1,000 nor more than $20,000. Each day during which such failure continues shall be deemed a separate offense.

Source credit: (Aug. 15, 1921, ch. 64, title IV, § 413, as added Pub. L. 100–173, § 9(2), Nov. 23, 1987, 101 Stat. 922.)

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1921Enacted · Pub. L. 100-173 · 101 Stat. 922

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 100-173 on 1921-08-15.

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