§ 511i. — Offenses.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC511i]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 21A--TOBACCO INSPECTION
Sec. 511i. Offenses
It shall be unlawful--
(a) For any person to use the words ``United States'',
``Government'', or ``Federal'' or any abbreviation thereof, in, or in
connection with, any statement relating to the grade of tobacco when
such grade is not, in fact, one of the grades for tobacco according to
the standards of the United States.
(b) For any person falsely to make, issue, alter, forge, or
counterfeit, or aid, cause, procure, or assist in or be a party to the
false making, issuing, altering, forging, or counterfeiting of any
certificate, stamp, tag, seal, label, or other writing purporting to be
issued or authorized under this chapter.
(c) For any person, not an authorized inspector under this chapter,
to issue a certificate or report stating the type, grade, size, or
condition of any lot of tobacco to be in accordance with the standards
of the United States therefor which is of such color, size, arrangement,
or wording as to be mistaken for a certificate issued under this
chapter, unless such certificate states in prominent letters in its
heading that it is not issued under authority of the United States.
(d) For any person employed, designated, or licensed by the
Secretary as an inspector, sampler, or weigher of tobacco under this
chapter knowingly to inspect, sample, or weigh improperly, or to issue
any false certificate under this chapter, or to accept money or other
consideration, directly or indirectly, for any neglect or improper
performance of duty as an inspector, sampler or weigher.
(e) For any person improperly to influence or to attempt improperly
to influence or forcibly to assault, resist, impede, or interfere with
any inspector, sampler, weigher, or other person employed, designated,
or licensed by the Secretary in the execution of his duties under this
chapter: Provided, however, That nothing herein shall operate to prevent
the owner of tobacco from appealing or protesting, in accordance with
regulations of the Secretary, the grade certified for his tobacco.
(f) For any person falsely to represent or otherwise indicate that
he is authorized by the Secretary to inspect, sample, or weigh tobacco
under this chapter.
(g) For any person to substitute, or attempt to substitute,
following inspection or sampling or weighing under this chapter, other
tobacco for tobacco actually inspected or sampled or weighed, or in the
case of tobacco inspected in auction warehouses for any person not so
authorized by the Secretary to remove any certificate of grade from any
lot of tobacco prior to the sale of such lot.
(h) For any person falsely to represent that tobacco has been
inspected, sampled, or weighed under this chapter; or knowingly to have
made any false representation concerning tobacco inspected under this
chapter; or knowing that tobacco is to be offered for inspection or
sampling under this chapter to load, pack, or arrange such tobacco in
such manner as knowingly to conceal foreign matter or tobacco of
inferior grade, quality, or condition; or for any person knowing that
tobacco has been so loaded, packed, or arranged, to offer it for
inspection or sampling without disclosing such knowledge to the
inspector or sampler before inspection or sampling.
(i) For any person willfully to alter an official sample of tobacco
by removing or plucking leaves or otherwise, or for any person knowing
that an official sample of tobacco has been so altered, thereafter to
represent such sample as an official sample.
(Aug. 23, 1935, ch. 623, Sec. 10, 49 Stat. 733.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 511k of this title.
