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[CITE: 7USC1598]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                            CHAPTER 37--SEEDS
 
                    SUBCHAPTER IV--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 1598. Notice of intention to prosecute

    Before any violation of this chapter is reported by the Secretary of 
Agriculture to any United States attorney for institution of a criminal 
proceeding, the person against whom such proceeding is contemplated 
shall be given appropriate notice and an opportunity to prevent \1\ his 
views, either orally or in writing, with regard to such contemplated 
proceeding.
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    \1\ So in original. Probably should be ``present''.
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(Aug. 9, 1939, ch. 615, title IV, Sec. 408, 53 Stat. 1286.)


                             Effective Date

    See section 1610 of this title.
