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[CITE: 7USC472]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
               CHAPTER 19--COTTON STATISTICS AND ESTIMATES
 
Sec. 472. Information furnished of confidential character; 
        penalty for divulging information
        
    The information furnished by any individual establishment under the 
provisions of this chapter shall be considered as strictly confidential 
and shall be used only for the statistical purpose for which it is 
supplied. Any employee of the Department of Agriculture who, without the 
written authority of the Secretary of Agriculture, shall publish or 
communicate any information given into his possession by reason of his 
employment under the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a 
misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not less than 
$300 or more than $1,000, or imprisoned for a period of not exceeding 
one year, or both so fined and imprisoned, at the discretion of the 
court.

(Mar. 3, 1927, ch. 337, Sec. 2, 44 Stat. 1373.)
