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U.S. Code as of:
01/03/05
Section 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.
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