§ 236. Variations from standard permitted; prosecutions; law not applicable to certain barrels

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1915

   Pub. L. 63–158 § 3 · 38 Stat. 1186

   Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 236

   Mar. 4, 1915, ch. 158, § 3, 38 Stat. 1187

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Mar. 4, 1915, ch. 158, § 3, 38 Stat. 1187

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 3. That reasonable variations shall be permitted and tolerance Variations permitted. shall be established by rules and regulations made by the Director of the Bureau of Standards and approved by the Secretary of Commerce. Prosecutions for offenses under this Act may be begun Prosecutions. upon complaint of local sealers of weights and measures or other officers of the several States and Territories appointed to enforce the laws of the said States or Territories, respectively, relating to weights and measures: Provided, however, That nothing in this Act shall apply Proviso. Sales by weight or count excepted. to barrels used in packing or shipping commodities sold exclusively by weight or numerical count.

2. 1988

   Technology Competitiveness Act

   Pub. L. 100–418 title V § 5115(c) · 102 Stat. 1107

   Substituted · 15 U.S.C. § 236

   Pub. L. 100–418 substituted “National Institute of Standards and Technology” for “Bureau of Standards”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 100–418 substituted “National Institute of Standards and Technology” for “Bureau of Standards”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (c) Amendments to Other Laws.— References in any other Federal 15 USC 271 note. law to the National Bureau of Standards shall be deemed to refer to the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

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