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[CITE: 7USC223]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                    CHAPTER 9--PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS
 
                    SUBCHAPTER V--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 223. Responsibility of principal for act or omission of 
        agent
        
    When construing and enforcing the provisions of this chapter, the 
act, omission, or failure of any agent, officer, or other person acting 
for or employed by any packer, any live poultry dealer, stockyard owner, 
market agency, or dealer, within the scope of his employment or office, 
shall in every case also be deemed the act, omission, or failure of such 
packer, any live poultry dealer, stockyard owner, market agency, or 
dealer, as well as that of such agent, officer, or other person.

(Aug. 15, 1921, ch. 64, title IV, Sec. 403, 42 Stat. 168; Aug. 15, 1921, 
ch. 64, title V, Sec. 503, as added Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 532, 49 Stat. 
649; amended Pub. L. 100-173, Sec. 6, Nov. 23, 1987, 101 Stat. 918.)


                               Amendments

    1987--Pub. L. 100-173 substituted ``, any live poultry dealer,'' for 
``or any live poultry dealer or handler,'' in two places.
    1935--Act Aug. 15, 1921, title V, Sec. 503, as added Aug. 14, 1935, 
inserted ``or any live poultry dealer or handler'' after ``packer'' 
wherever appearing.


                    Effective Date of 1987 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 100-173 effective 90 days after Nov. 23, 1987, 
see section 12 of Pub. L. 100-173, set out as a note under section 182 
of this title.
