2019 US Code
Title 7 - Agriculture
Chapter 9 - Packers and Stockyards
Subchapter III - Stockyards and Stockyard Dealers
Sec. 215 - Failure to obey orders; punishment
| 7 U.S.C. § 215 (2019) |
| §215. Failure to obey orders; punishment |
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(a) Any stockyard owner, market agency, or dealer who knowingly fails to obey any order made under the provisions of sections 211, 212, or 213 of this title shall forfeit to the United States the sum of $500 for each offense. Each distinct violation shall be a separate offense, and in case of a continuing violation each day shall be deemed a separate offense. Such forfeiture shall be recoverable in a civil suit in the name of the United States. (b) It shall be the duty of the various United States attorneys, under the direction of the Attorney General, to prosecute for the recovery of forfeitures. The costs and expense of such prosecution shall be paid out of the appropriation for the expenses of the courts of the United States. |
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(Aug. 15, 1921, ch. 64, title III, §314, 42 Stat. 167; June 25, 1948, ch. 646, §1, 62 Stat. 909.) |
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CHANGE OF NAME
Act June 25, 1948, eff. Sept. 1, 1948, substituted "United States attorneys" for "district attorneys" in subsec. (a). See section 541 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure, and Historical and Revision Notes thereunder. |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 7 - AGRICULTURE |
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| Title 7 - AGRICULTURE CHAPTER 9 - PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS SUBCHAPTER III - STOCKYARDS AND STOCKYARD DEALERS Sec. 215 - Failure to obey orders; punishment |
| section 215 |
| 2019 |
| January 24, 2020 |
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| standard |
| 42 Stat. 167 62 Stat. 909 |
