Title 21 — Food and Drugs
Chapter 5 — Viruses, Serums, Toxins, Antitoxins, and Analogous Products
§ 158. Offenses; punishment
Statutory text
Any person, firm, or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not exceeding $1,000 or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
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.
Pub. L. 62–145 § 1 · 37 Stat. 120
Enacted · 21 U.S.C. § 158
(Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 145, § 1 (part), 37 Stat. 833.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 145, § 1 (part), 37 Stat. 833.)
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Editorial Notes
References in Text
For explanation of “this chapter”, referred to in text, see References in Text note set out under section 156 of this title.
Codification
See note set out under section 151 of this title.
Credits
(Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 145, § 1 (part), 37 Stat. 833.)