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[CITE: 7USC2357]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                  CHAPTER 57--PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION
 
              SUBCHAPTER I--PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION OFFICE
 
   Part B--Legal Provisions as to the Plant Variety Protection Office
 
Sec. 2357. Unauthorized practice

    Anyone who in the United States engages in direct or indirect 
practice before the Office of Plant Variety Protection while suspended 
or excluded under section 2356 of this title, or without being admitted 
to practice before the Office, shall be liable in a civil action for the 
return of all money received, and for compensation for damage done by 
such person and also may be enjoined from such practice. However, there 
shall be no liability for damage if such person establishes that the 
work was done competently and without negligence. This section does not 
apply to anyone who, without a claim of self-sufficiency, works under 
the supervision of another who stands admitted and is the responsible 
party; or to anyone who establishes that the person acted only on behalf 
of any employer by whom the person was regularly employed.

(Pub. L. 91-577, title I, Sec. 27, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1545; Pub. L. 
103-349, Sec. 13(e), Oct. 6, 1994, 108 Stat. 3143.)


                               Amendments

    1994--Pub. L. 103-349 substituted ``the person'' for ``he'' in two 
places in last sentence.


                    Effective Date of 1994 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 103-349 effective 180 days after Oct. 6, 1994, 
see section 15 of Pub. L. 103-349, set out as a note under section 2401 
of this title.
