§ 336. Report of minor violations

Statutory text

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as requiring the Secretary to report for prosecution, or for the institution of libel or injunction proceedings, minor violations of this chapter whenever he believes that the public interest will be adequately served by a suitable written notice or warning.

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.

1938
Pub. L. 75–675 § 309 · 52 Stat. 1040
Enacted · 21 U.S.C. § 336
June 25, 1938, ch. 675, § 309, formerly § 306, 52 Stat. 1045
Target inherited from the preceding amendment note.
Source evidence
Code source credit
June 25, 1938, ch. 675, § 309, formerly § 306, 52 Stat. 1045
Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 306. report of minor violations Nothing in this Act shall be construed as requiring the Report of minor violations. Secretary to report for prosecution, or for the institution of libel or injunction proceedings, minor violations of this Act whenever he believes that the public interest will be adequately served by a suitable written notice or warning.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

For transfer of functions of Federal Security Administrator to Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare [now Health and Human Services], and of Food and Drug Administration in the Department of Agriculture to Federal Security Agency, see notes set out under section 321 of this title.

Credits

1938–1992 · 2 acts

1938June 25, 1938, ch. 675, § 309, formerly § 306, 52 Stat. 1045
1992renumbered § 309, Pub. L. 102–282, § 2, May 13, 1992, 106 Stat. 150.

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(June 25, 1938, ch. 675, § 309, formerly § 306, 52 Stat. 1045; renumbered § 309, Pub. L. 102–282, § 2, May 13, 1992, 106 Stat. 150.)