2001 US Code
Title 21 - FOOD AND DRUGS
CHAPTER 4 - ANIMALS, MEATS, AND MEAT AND DAIRY PRODUCTS
SUBCHAPTER III - PREVENTION OF INTRODUCTION AND SPREAD OF CONTAGION
Sec. 135a - Smuggling penalties
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 2000 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 21 - FOOD AND DRUGS |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 21 - FOOD AND DRUGS CHAPTER 4 - ANIMALS, MEATS, AND MEAT AND DAIRY PRODUCTS SUBCHAPTER III - PREVENTION OF INTRODUCTION AND SPREAD OF CONTAGION Sec. 135a - Smuggling penalties |
| Contains | section 135a |
| Date | 2001 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 22, 2002 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 91-239, §2, May 6, 1970, 84 Stat. 202; Pub. L. 97-461, §9, Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2525. |
| Statutes at Large References | 84 Stat. 202 96 Stat. 2525 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 91-239, Public Law 97-461 |
§135a. Smuggling penalties (a) Criminal penalty
The provisions and penalties of section 545 of title 18 shall apply to the bringing of animals to the quarantine station or the subsequent movement of animals to other parts of the United States, including Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands, contrary to the conditions prescribed by the Secretary in regulations issued hereunder.
(b) Civil penaltyAny person who brings any animal to the quarantine station or moves any animal from the quarantine station, contrary to the conditions prescribed by the Secretary in regulations issued hereunder, may be assessed a civil penalty by the Secretary not to exceed ,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. 91–239, §2, May 6, 1970, 84 Stat. 202; Pub. L. 97–461, §9, Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2525.)
Amendments1983—Pub. L. 97–461 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).
Section Referred to in Other SectionsThis section is referred to in sections 135, 135b of this title; title 16 section 1540.
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