7-U.S.C.-953
§953 – Reports; By Whom Made; Penalties
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Title 7 > Chapter 32 > Section 953
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- Reference: Section 953
- Legend: §953 – Reports; By Whom Made; Penalties
- USCode Year: 2013
Provision Content
It shall be the duty of each warehouseman, broker, cleaner, sheller, 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 purpose. Any person required by this chapter, 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.
(June 24, 1936, ch. 745, §3, 49 Stat. 1899; May 12, 1938, ch. 199, §3, 52 Stat. 349; Pub. L. 85–105, §3, July 17, 1957, 71 Stat. 306.)
Amendments
1957—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.
1938—Act May 12, 1938, among other changes, inserted crusher, salter, manufacturer of peanut products” after cooperative association”.
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