1995 US Code
Title 7 - AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 7B - PLANT PESTS
Sec. 150gg - Violations

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§150gg. Violations (a) Criminal penalties

Any person who—

(1) knowingly violates section 150bb of this title or any regulation promulgated under this chapter;

(2) knowingly forges or counterfeits any permit or other document provided for by this chapter or by any such regulation; or

(3) knowingly and without the authority of the Secretary, uses, alters, or defaces any such permit or document;

shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine not exceeding ,000, by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both.

(b) Civil penalty

Any person who—

(1) violates section 150bb of this title or any regulation promulgated under this chapter;

(2) forges or counterfeits any permit or other document provided for by this chapter or by any such regulation; or

(3) without the authority of the Secretary, uses, alters, or defaces any such permit or document;

may be assessed a civil penalty by the Secretary not exceeding ,000. The Secretary may issue an order assessing such civil penalty only after notice and an opportunity for an agency hearing on the record. Such order shall be treated as a final order reviewable under chapter 158 of title 28. The validity of such order may not be reviewed in an action to collect such civil penalty.

(Pub. L. 85–36, title I, §108, May 23, 1957, 71 Stat. 34; Pub. L. 97–461, §1(b), Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2523.)

References in Text

In the original, “this chapter” was “this Act”. See note set out under section 150aa of this title.

Amendments

1983—Pub. L. 97–461 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), divided existing provisions among pars. (1) through (3), substituted “,000” for “0”, and added subsec. (b).