US LAWS, STATUTES & CODES ON-LINE

[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
  January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC224]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                    CHAPTER 9--PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS
 
                    SUBCHAPTER V--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 224. Attorney General to institute court proceedings for 
        enforcement
        
    The Secretary may report any violation of this chapter to the 
Attorney General of the United States, who shall cause appropriate 
proceedings to be commenced and prosecuted in the proper courts of the 
United States without delay.

(Aug. 15, 1921, ch. 64, title IV, Sec. 404, 42 Stat. 168; Aug. 15, 1921, 
ch. 64, title V, Sec. 503, as added Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 532, 49 Stat. 
649.)


                               Amendments

    1935--Act Aug. 15, 1921, title V, Sec. 503, as added Aug. 14, 1935, 
purported to insert ``or any live poultry dealer or handler'' after 
``packer'' but word ``packer'' does not appear in this section.