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[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.)
