Title 21 of the U.S. Code § 23 - Penalties
Full text of § 23 from Title 21 of the United States Code.
§ 23. Penalties
Any person, firm or corporation, or association who shall knowingly pack or cause to be packed apples in barrels or who shall knowingly sell or offer for sale such barrels in violation of the provisions of sections 20 to 23 of this title shall be liable to a penalty of $1 and costs for each such barrel so sold or offered for sale, to be recovered at the suit of the United States in any court of the United States having jurisdiction.
(Aug. 3, 1912, ch. 273, §6, 37 Stat. 251.)
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section is also set out as section 233 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade.
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