2016 US Code
Title 21 - Food and Drugs
Chapter 3 - Filled Milk
Sec. 63 - Penalties; acts of agents deemed acts of principals

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Citation 21 U.S.C. § 63 (2016)
Section Name §63. Penalties; acts of agents deemed acts of principals
Section Text

Any person violating any provision of this chapter shall upon conviction thereof be subject to a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment of not more than one year, or both. When construing and enforcing the provisions of this chapter, the act, omission, or failure of any person acting for or employed by any individual, partnership, corporation, or association, within the scope of his employment or office, shall in every case be deemed the act, omission, or failure, of such individual, partnership, corporation, or association, as well as of such person.

Source Credit

(Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 262, §3, 42 Stat. 1487.)

Editorial Notes CODIFICATION

The original text of this section contained a further provision that no penalty should be enforced for any violation occurring within 30 days after act Mar. 4, 1923 became law and was omitted as temporary and obsolete.

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 4, 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 3 - FILLED MILK
Sec. 63 - Penalties; acts of agents deemed acts of principals
Contains section 63
Date 2016
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 6, 2017
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large Reference 42 Stat. 1487
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