§ 1574. Disclaimers, limited warranties and nonwarranties

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. 1939

   Pub. L. 76–615 · 53 Stat. 1275

   Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 1574

   Aug. 9, 1939, ch. 615, title II, § 204, 53 Stat. 1282

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Aug. 9, 1939, ch. 615, title II, § 204, 53 Stat. 1282

2. 1958

   Pub. L. 85–581 § 11 · 72 Stat. 476

   Changed · 7 U.S.C. § 1574

   Pub. L. 85–581 precluded use of limited warranty clause as defense in prosecution or other proceeding brought under provisions of this chapter and stated that use of enumerated clauses as defenses in proceedings not brought under this chapter is not barred

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 85–581 precluded use of limited warranty clause as defense in prosecution or other proceeding brought under provisions of this chapter and stated that use of enumerated clauses as defenses in proceedings not brought under this chapter is not barred.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 11. Section 204 of said Act (7 U. S. C. 1574) is amended to read: “Sec. 204. The use of a disclaimer, limited warranty, or nonwarranty clause in any invoice, advertising, labeling, or written, printed, or graphic matter, pertaining to any seed shall not constitute a defense, or be used as a defense in any way, in any prosecution or other proceeding brought under the provisions of this Act, or the rules and regulations made and promulgated thereunder. Nothing in this section is intended to preclude the use of a disclaimer, limited warranty, or nonwarranty clause as a defense in any proceeding not brought under this Act.”

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