2018 US Code
Title 7 - Agriculture
Chapter 69 - Swine Health Protection
Sec. 3806 - Criminal penalties

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Citation 7 U.S.C. § 3806 (2018)
Section Name §3806. Criminal penalties
Section Text

(a) Whoever willfully violates any provision of this chapter or the regulations of the Secretary issued hereunder shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than $10,000, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

(b) Any person who fails to obey any order of the Secretary issued under the provisions of section 3804 of this title, or such order as modified—

(1) after the expiration of the time allowed for filing a petition in the court of appeals to review such order, if no such petition has been filed within such time; or

(2) after the expiration of the time allowed for applying for a writ of certiorari, if such order, or such order as modified, has been sustained by the court of appeals and no such writ has been applied for within such time; or

(3) after such order, or such order as modified, has been sustained by the courts as provided in section 3804(b) of this title;


shall on conviction be fined not more than $10,000, or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both. Each day during which such failure continues shall be deemed a separate offense.

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 96–468, §7, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2231.)

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Title 7 - AGRICULTURE
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 7 - AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 69 - SWINE HEALTH PROTECTION
Sec. 3806 - Criminal penalties
Contains section 3806
Date 2018
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 14, 2019
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 94 Stat. 2231
Public Law References Public Law 96-468
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