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7 U.S.C. § 60 — Penalties for violations

submitted 103 years ago by ch. 288 to r/title-7-AGRICULTURE · 178 words · no verdicts yet

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This law punishes people who break cotton-classification rules or interfere with licensed cotton classifiers. Violators can be fined up to $1,000, jailed up to six months, or both.

Four kinds of conduct can lead to punishment under this section: (a) Anyone who knowingly violates sections 52 or 59 of this title (cotton classification and licensing rules). (b) Anyone licensed under this chapter who, in connection with a cotton transaction or shipment in commerce, knowingly classifies cotton improperly, knowingly falsifies or forges a certificate of classification, or takes money or anything else of value, directly or indirectly, for neglecting or improperly performing their licensed duties. (c) Anyone who knowingly improperly influences, or tries to improperly influence, a person licensed under this chapter in doing their licensed duties for a transaction or shipment in commerce. (d) Anyone who forcibly assaults, resists, impedes, or interferes with a person employed under this chapter while they do their job, or who improperly influences or tries to improperly influence that employee's work. Anyone convicted of (a), (b), (c), or (d) is guilty of a misdemeanor. The court can fine them up to $1,000, jail them up to six months, or both.
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(a)

Any person who shall knowingly violate any provision of sections 52 or 59 of this title, or (b) any person licensed under this chapter who, for the purposes of or in connection with any transaction or shipment in commerce, shall knowingly classify cotton improperly, or shall knowingly falsify or forge any certificate of classification, or shall accept money or other consideration, either directly or indirectly, for any neglect or improper performance of duty as such licensee, or (c) any person who shall knowingly influence improperly or attempt to influence improperly any person licensed under this chapter in the performance of his duties as such licensee relating to any transaction or shipment in commerce, or (d) any person who shall forcibly assault, resist, impede, or interfere with or influence improperly or attempt to influence improperly any person employed under this chapter in the performance of his duties, shall, upon conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not exceeding $1,000, or imprisoned not exceeding six months, or both, in the discretion of the court.

Source credit: (Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 288, § 9, 42 Stat. 1519.)

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  • 1923Enacted · Act of Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 288 · 42 Stat. 1519

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 288 on 1923-03-04.

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