§ 503. Reports; necessity; by whom made; penalties

Statutory text

It shall be the duty of every dealer, manufacturer, quasi-manufacturer, growers’ cooperative association, warehouseman, broker, holder, or owner, other than the original grower, except such persons as are excluded by the proviso to section 501 of this title, to furnish within fifteen days after January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1 of each year, completely and correctly, to the best of his knowledge, a report of the quantity of leaf tobacco on hand, segregated in accordance with the blanks furnished by the Secretary of Agriculture. Any person, firm, association, or corporation required by this chapter to furnish a report, and any officer, agent, or employee thereof who shall refuse or willfully neglect to furnish any of the information required by this chapter, or shall willfully give answers that are false or misleading, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than $300 or more than $1,000, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

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.

1929
Pub. L. 70–69 § 3 · 45 Stat. 113
Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 503
Jan. 14, 1929, ch. 69, § 3, 45 Stat. 1080
Source evidence
Code source credit
Jan. 14, 1929, ch. 69, § 3, 45 Stat. 1080

0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1932—Act July 14, 1932, made quasi-manufacturers subject to section.

Credits

1929–1932 · 2 acts

1929Jan. 14, 1929, ch. 69, § 3, 45 Stat. 1080
1932July 14, 1932, ch. 480, § 2, 47 Stat. 663.

Show as published

(Jan. 14, 1929, ch. 69, § 3, 45 Stat. 1080; July 14, 1932, ch. 480, § 2, 47 Stat. 663.)