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2000 U.S. Code
Title 21 - FOOD AND DRUGS
CHAPTER 4 - ANIMALS, MEATS, AND MEAT AND DAIRY PRODUCTS
SUBCHAPTER II - IMPORTATION OF CATTLE AND QUARANTINE
Sec. 101 - Suspension of importation of all animals

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2000 Edition, Title 21 - FOOD AND DRUGS
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 21 - FOOD AND DRUGS
CHAPTER 4 - ANIMALS, MEATS, AND MEAT AND DAIRY PRODUCTS
SUBCHAPTER II - IMPORTATION OF CATTLE AND QUARANTINE
Sec. 101 - Suspension of importation of all animals
Containssection 101
Date2000
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 2, 2001
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditAug. 30, 1890, ch. 839, §9, 26 Stat. 416.
Statutes at Large Reference26 Stat. 416


§101. Suspension of importation of all animals

Whenever, in the opinion of the President, it shall be necessary for the protection of animals in the United States against infectious or contagious diseases, he may, by proclamation, suspend the importation of all or any class of animals for a limited time, and may change, modify, revoke, or renew such proclamation, as the public good may require; and during the time of such suspension the importation of any such animals shall be unlawful.

(Aug. 30, 1890, ch. 839, §9, 26 Stat. 416.)

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in sections 104, 136a of this title; title 16 section 1540.

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