Title 7 — Agriculture
Chapter 20A — Perishable Agricultural Commodities
§ 499l. Violations; report to Attorney General; proceedings; costs
Statutory text
The Secretary may report any violation of this chapter for which a civil penalty is provided to the Attorney General of the United States, who shall cause appropriate proceedings to be commenced and prosecuted in the proper courts of the United States without delay. The costs and expenses of such proceedings shall be paid out of the appropriation for the expenses of the courts of the United States.
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. 71–436 § 12 · 46 Stat. 531
Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 499l
(June 10, 1930, ch. 436, § 12, 46 Stat. 536.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(June 10, 1930, ch. 436, § 12, 46 Stat. 536.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 12. general provisions The Secretary may report any violation of this Act for which a civil penalty is provided to the Attorney General of the United States, who shall cause appropriate proceedings to be commenced and prosecuted in the proper courts of the United States Court costs, etc. without delay. The costs and expenses of such proceedings shall be paid out of the appropriation for the expenses of the courts of the United States.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 562 of this title.
Credits
(June 10, 1930, ch. 436, § 12, 46 Stat. 536.)