Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-73not60
§228b–4 Violation of Final Order by Live Poultry Dealer; Penalty
Title 7 › Chapter 9— PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS › Subchapter V— GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 228b–4
Summary
If a live poultry dealer, or its officers and employees, disobeys a Secretary’s poultry order, they break the order once it becomes final. An order is final when the time to appeal or to ask the Supreme Court passes with no challenge, or when the courts uphold it.
Full Legal Text
Title 7, §228b–4
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Any live poultry dealer, or any officer, director, agent, or employee of a live poultry dealer, who fails to obey any order of the Secretary issued under the provisions of section 228b–2 of this title, or such order as modified—
(1)after the expiration of the time allowed for filing a petition in the court of appeals to set aside or modify such order, if no such petition has been filed within such time;
(2)after the expiration of the time allowed for applying for a writ of certiorari, if such order, or such order as modified, has been sustained by the court of appeals and no such writ has been applied for within such time; or
(3)after such order, or such order as modified, has been sustained by the courts as provided in section 228b–3 of this title;
Legislative History
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective 90 days after Nov. 23, 1987, see section 12 of Pub. L. 100–173, set out as an
Effective Date
of 1987 Amendment note under section 182 of this title.
Reference
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Citation
7 U.S.C. § 228b–4
Title 7, Agriculture
Last Updated
Apr 3, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60