§ 715g. — Refusal of carrier to accept shipment without certificate of clearance; certificate as justifying acceptance of shipment.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC715g]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 15A--INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
Sec. 715g. Refusal of carrier to accept shipment without
certificate of clearance; certificate as justifying acceptance
of shipment
No common carrier who shall refuse to accept petroleum or petroleum
products from any area in which certificates of clearance are required
under authority of this chapter, by reason of the failure of the shipper
to deliver such a certificate to such carrier, or who shall refuse to
accept any petroleum or petroleum products when having reasonable ground
for believing that such petroleum or petroleum products constitute
contraband oil, shall be liable on account of such refusal for any
penalties or damages. No common carrier shall be subject to any penalty
under section 715e of this title in any case where (1) such carrier has
a certificate of clearance which on its face appears to be valid and to
have been issued by a board created under authority of section 715d of
this title, certifying that the shipment in question is not contraband
oil, and such carrier had no reasonable ground for believing such
certificate to be invalid or to have been issued as a result of fraud or
misrepresentation of fact, or (2) such carrier, as respects any shipment
originating in any area where certificates of clearance are not required
under authority of this chapter, had no reasonable ground for believing
such petroleum or petroleum products to constitute contraband oil.
(Feb. 22, 1935, ch. 18, Sec. 8, 49 Stat. 32.)
