2013 US Code
Title 7 - Agriculture
Chapter 19 - COTTON STATISTICS AND ESTIMATES (§§ 471 - 476)
Section 472 - Information furnished of confidential character; penalty for divulging information
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 7 - AGRICULTURE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 7 - AGRICULTURE CHAPTER 19 - COTTON STATISTICS AND ESTIMATES Sec. 472 - Information furnished of confidential character; penalty for divulging information |
| Contains | section 472 |
| Date | 2013 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Mar. 3, 1927, ch. 337, §2, 44 Stat. 1373. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 44 Stat. 1373 |
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The information furnished by any individual establishment under the provisions of this chapter shall be considered as strictly confidential and shall be used only for the statistical purpose for which it is supplied. Any employee of the Department of Agriculture who, without the written authority of the Secretary of Agriculture, shall publish or communicate any information given into his possession by reason of his employment under the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not less than $300 or more than $1,000, or imprisoned for a period of not exceeding one year, or both so fined and imprisoned, at the discretion of the court.
(Mar. 3, 1927, ch. 337, §2, 44 Stat. 1373.)
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