§ 953. Reports; by whom made; penalties

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. 1936

   Pub. L. 74–745 § 3 · 49 Stat. 887

   Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 953

   June 24, 1936, ch. 745, § 3, 49 Stat. 1899

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   June 24, 1936, ch. 745, § 3, 49 Stat. 1899

2. 1957

   Pub. L. 85–105 § 3 · 71 Stat. 306

   1. Amended · 7 U.S.C. § 953

      Pub. L. 85–105 amended section generally, and, among other changes, divided first sentence into two sentences

   2. Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 953

      Pub. L. 85–105 substituting “owner other than the original producer of peanuts” for “owner or operator of peanut picking or threshing machines,”

   3. Inserted · 7 U.S.C. § 953

      Pub. L. 85–105 inserted “to give such reports or information” in last sentence

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 85–105 amended section generally, and, among other changes, divided first sentence into two sentences, substituting “owner other than the original producer of peanuts” for “owner or operator of peanut picking or threshing machines,” and inserted “to give such reports or information” in last sentence.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 3. Section 3 of said Act, as amended (49 Stat. 1899; 52 Stat. 349; 7 U. S. C. 953), is amended to read as follows: “It shall be the duty of each warehouseman, broker, cleaner, shelter, dealer, growers’ cooperative association, crusher, salter, manufacturer of peanut products, and owner other than the original producer of peanuts to furnish reports, complete and correct to the best of his knowledge, on the quantity of peanuts and peanut oil received, processed, shipped, and owned by him or in his possession. Such reports, when and as requested by the Secretary, shall be furnished within the time prescribed and in accordance with forms provided by him for the Penalty. purpose. Any person required by this Act, or the regulations promulgated thereunder, to furnish reports or information, and any officer, agent, or employee thereof, who shall refuse to give such reports or information or shall willfully give answers that are false and misleading, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than $300 nor more than $1,000, or imprisoned not more than one year, or be subject to both such fine and imprisonment.”

3 of 4 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial