§ 236. — Variations from standard permitted; prosecutions; law not applicable to certain barrels.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC236]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 6--WEIGHTS AND MEASURES AND STANDARD TIME
SUBCHAPTER VI--STANDARD BARRELS
Sec. 236. Variations from standard permitted; prosecutions; law
not applicable to certain barrels
Reasonable variations shall be permitted and tolerance shall be
established by rules and regulations made by the Director of the
National Institute of Standards and Technology and approved by the
Secretary of Commerce. Prosecutions for offenses under this section or
sections 234 or 235 of this title may be begun upon complaint of local
sealers of weights and measures or other officers of the several States
and Territories appointed to enforce the laws of the said States or
Territories, respectively, relating to weights and measures: Provided,
however, That nothing in this section or sections 234 and 235 of this
title shall apply to barrels used in packing or shipping commodities
sold exclusively by weight or numerical count.
(Mar. 4, 1915, ch. 158, Sec. 3, 38 Stat. 1187; Pub. L. 100-418, title V,
Sec. 5115(c), Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1433.)
Amendments
1988--Pub. L. 100-418 substituted ``National Institute of Standards
and Technology'' for ``Bureau of Standards''.
Transfer of Functions
Functions of all other officers of Department of Commerce and
functions of all agencies and employees of such Department, with a few
exceptions, transferred to Secretary of Commerce, with power vested in
him to authorize their performance or performance of any of his
functions by any of such officers, agencies, and employees, by Reorg.
Plan No. 5 of 1950, Secs. 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64
Stat. 1263, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization
and Employees.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 235 of this title.
