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[CITE: 7USC60]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                       CHAPTER 2--COTTON STANDARDS
 
Sec. 60. Penalties for violations

    (a) Any person who shall knowingly violate any provision of sections 
52 or 59 of this title, or (b) any person licensed under this chapter 
who, for the purposes of or in connection with any transaction or 
shipment in commerce, shall knowingly classify cotton improperly, or 
shall knowingly falsify or forge any certificate of classification, or 
shall accept money or other consideration, either directly or 
indirectly, for any neglect or improper performance of duty as such 
licensee, or (c) any person who shall knowingly influence improperly or 
attempt to influence improperly any person licensed under this chapter 
in the performance of his duties as such licensee relating to any 
transaction or shipment in commerce, or (d) any person who shall 
forcibly assault, resist, impede, or interfere with or influence 
improperly or attempt to influence improperly any person employed under 
this chapter in the performance of his duties, shall, upon conviction 
thereof, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not 
exceeding $1,000, or imprisoned not exceeding six months, or both, in 
the discretion of the court.

(Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 288, Sec. 9, 42 Stat. 1519.)
