Title 7 — Agriculture
Chapter 25A — Export Standards for Grapes and Plums
§ 596. Refusal of certificates for violations of law; penalties for violations
Statutory text
After opportunity for hearing the Secretary is authorized to refuse the issuance of certificates under this chapter for periods not exceeding ninety days to any person who ships or offers for shipment any grapes or plums in foreign commerce in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter. Any person or any common carrier or any transportation agency violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $10,000 by a court of competent jurisdiction.
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. 86–687 § 6 · 74 Stat. 734
Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 596
(Pub. L. 86–687, § 6, Sept. 2, 1960, 74 Stat. 734.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 86–687, § 6, Sept. 2, 1960, 74 Stat. 734.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 6. After opportunity for hearing the Secretary is authorized to refuse the issuance of certificates under this Act for periods not exceeding ninety days to any person who ships or offers for shipment any grapes or plums in foreign commerce in violation of any of the provisions of this Act. Any person or any common carrier or any transportation agency violating any of the provisions of this Act shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $10,000 by a court of competent jurisdiction.
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