§ 1601. — Enforcement of order.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC1601]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 37--SEEDS
SUBCHAPTER IV--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 1601. Enforcement of order
If any person against whom an order is issued under section 1599 of
this title fails to obey the order, the Secretary of Agriculture, or the
United States, by its Attorney General, may apply to the court of
appeals of the United States, within the circuit where the person
against whom the order was issued resides or has his principal place of
business, for the enforcement of the order, and shall file the record in
such proceedings, as provided in section 2112 of title 28. Upon such
filing of the application the court shall cause notice thereof to be
served upon the person against whom the order was issued. The evidence
to be considered, the procedure to be followed, and the jurisdiction of
the court shall be the same as provided in section 1600 of this title
for applications to set aside or modify orders.
(Aug. 9, 1939, ch. 615, title IV, Sec. 411, 53 Stat. 1288; June 25,
1948, ch. 646, Sec. 32(a), 62 Stat. 991; May 24, 1949, ch. 139,
Sec. 127, 63 Stat. 107; Pub. L. 85-791, Sec. 24(c), Aug. 28, 1958, 72
Stat. 949; Pub. L. 98-620, title IV, Sec. 402(7)(B), Nov. 8, 1984, 98
Stat. 3357.)
Amendments
1984--Pub. L. 98-620 struck out second par. which required
proceedings in such cases to be made a preferred cause and expedited in
every way.
1958--Pub. L. 85-791 substituted ``file the record in such
proceedings as provided in section 2112 of title 28'' for ``certify and
file with its application a full and accurate transcript of the record
in such proceedings, including the complaint, the evidence, the report,
and the order'' in first sentence, and struck out ``and transcript''
after ``application'' in second sentence.
Change of Name
Act June 25, 1948, as amended by act May 24, 1948, as amended by act
May 24, 1949, substituted ``court of appeals'' for ``circuit court of
appeals'' wherever appearing in this section.
Effective Date of 1984 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 98-620 not applicable to cases pending on Nov.
8, 1984, see section 403 of Pub. L. 98-620, set out as an Effective Date
note under section 1657 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.
Effective Date
See section 1610 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 1602 of this title.
