§ 215. — Failure to obey orders; punishment.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC215]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 9--PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS
SUBCHAPTER III--STOCKYARDS AND STOCKYARD DEALERS
Sec. 215. Failure to obey orders; punishment
(a) Any stockyard owner, market agency, or dealer who knowingly
fails to obey any order made under the provisions of sections 211, 212,
or 213 of this title shall forfeit to the United States the sum of $500
for each offense. Each distinct violation shall be a separate offense,
and in case of a continuing violation each day shall be deemed a
separate offense. Such forfeiture shall be recoverable in a civil suit
in the name of the United States.
(b) It shall be the duty of the various United States attorneys,
under the direction of the Attorney General, to prosecute for the
recovery of forfeitures. The costs and expense of such prosecution shall
be paid out of the appropriation for the expenses of the courts of the
United States.
(Aug. 15, 1921, ch. 64, title III, Sec. 314, 42 Stat. 167; June 25,
1948, ch. 646, Sec. 1, 62 Stat. 909.)
Change of Name
Act June 25, 1948, eff. Sept. 1, 1948, substituted ``United States
attorneys'' for ``district attorneys'' in subsec. (a). See section 541
of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure, and Historical and
Revision Notes thereunder.
