Title 7 — Agriculture
Chapter 21A — Tobacco Inspection
§ 511l. Act of agent as that of principal
Statutory text
In construing and enforcing the provisions of this chapter; 1 the act; 1 omission, or failure of any agent, officer, or other person acting for or employed by an association, partnership, corporation, or firm, within the scope of his employment or office, shall be deemed to be the act, omission, or failure of the association, partnership, corporation, or firm, as well as that of the person.
Footnotes
- 1 So in original. The semicolon probably should be a comma.
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. 74–623 § 13 · 49 Stat. 731
Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 511l
(Aug. 23, 1935, ch. 623, § 13, 49 Stat. 734.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Aug. 23, 1935, ch. 623, § 13, 49 Stat. 734.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 13. In construing and enforcing the provisions of this Act; the act;11So in original. omission, or failure of any agent, officer, or other person acting for or employed by an association, partnership, corporation, or firm, within the scope of his employment or office, shall be deemed to be the act, omission, or failure of the association, partnership, corporation, or firm, as well as that of the person.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Credits
(Aug. 23, 1935, ch. 623, § 13, 49 Stat. 734.)