§ 1233. — Violations and penalties.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC1233]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 28--DISCLOSURE OF AUTOMOBILE INFORMATION
Sec. 1233. Violations and penalties
(a) Failure to affix required label
Any manufacturer of automobiles distributed in commerce who
willfully fails to affix to any new automobile manufactured or imported
by him the label required by section 1232 of this title shall be fined
not more than $1,000. Such failure with respect to each automobile shall
constitute a separate offense.
(b) Failure to endorse required label
Any manufacturer of automobiles distributed in commerce who
willfully fails to endorse clearly, distinctly and legibly any label as
required by section 1232 of this title, or who makes a false endorsement
of any such label, shall be fined not more than $1,000. Such failure or
false endorsement with respect to each automobile shall constitute a
separate offense.
(c) Removal, alteration, or illegibility of required label
Any person who willfully removes, alters, or renders illegible any
label affixed to a new automobile pursuant to section 1232 of this
title, or any endorsement thereon, prior to the time that such
automobile is delivered to the actual custody and possession of the
ultimate purchaser of such new automobile, except where the manufacturer
relabels the automobile in the event the same is rerouted, repurchased,
or reacquired by the manufacturer of such automobile, shall be fined not
more than $1,000, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. Such
removal, alteration, or rendering illegible with respect to each
automobile shall constitute a separate offense.
(Pub. L. 85-506, Sec. 4, July 7, 1958, 72 Stat. 326.)
