2021 US Code
Title 7 - Agriculture
Chapter 21 - Tobacco Statistics
Sec. 503 - Reports; necessity; by whom made; penalties

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Citation 7 U.S.C. § 503 (2021)
Section Name §503. Reports; necessity; by whom made; penalties
Section Text

It shall be the duty of every dealer, manufacturer, quasi-manufacturer, growers' cooperative association, warehouseman, broker, holder, or owner, other than the original grower, except such persons as are excluded by the proviso to section 501 of this title, to furnish within fifteen days after January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1 of each year, completely and correctly, to the best of his knowledge, a report of the quantity of leaf tobacco on hand, segregated in accordance with the blanks furnished by the Secretary of Agriculture. Any person, firm, association, or corporation required by this chapter to furnish a report, and any officer, agent, or employee thereof who shall refuse or willfully neglect to furnish any of the information required by this chapter, or shall willfully give answers that are false or misleading, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than $300 or more than $1,000, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

Source Credit

(Jan. 14, 1929, ch. 69, §3, 45 Stat. 1080; July 14, 1932, ch. 480, §2, 47 Stat. 663.)


Editorial Notes EDITORIAL NOTES AMENDMENTS

1932—Act July 14, 1932, made quasi-manufacturers subject to section.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 7 - AGRICULTURE
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 7 - AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 21 - TOBACCO STATISTICS
Sec. 503 - Reports; necessity; by whom made; penalties
Contains section 503
Date 2021
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 3, 2022
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 45 Stat. 1080
47 Stat. 663
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